Jazz

This collection includes Leonard's classic photographs of the greats of jazz: from Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Dexter Gordon to Frank Sinat...

A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call jazz arose in late ni...

WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one o...

Jim Simpson of Big Bear Records has been involved in the music business for nearly 60 years, as musician, bandleader, promoter, record producer, fe...

An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's universally acclaimed history of jazz, with a wealth of new insight on this music's past, present, and future...

Despite the fact that most of jazzs major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, crit...

Despite the fact that most of jazzs major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, crit...

A deeply researched and beautifully illustrated study of saxophone legend John Coltrane's signature album. Written with the full co-operation of th...

'A masterpiece, as fresh and shocking as if it were written yesterday' Craig BrownI've been told that no one sings the word 'hunger' like I do. Or ...

The brand of jazz that developed in the Kansas City area in the period from the late 1920s to the late 1930s is recognised as both a distinct styli...