More than 25 muscians who first came to prominence during the 1950s are the subject of this collection of interviews. The author's purpose has been to help pres

A suite of interviews held between 1985 to 1990 of 40 jazz musicians who shaped the current state of art of American jazz including: - Miles Davis, Gil Evans, D

A visual history of America’s jazz nightclubs of the 1940s and 1950s, featuring exclusive interviews and over 200 souvenir photos. In the two decades before t

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(Book). In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Gerry Mulligan was revered and recognized as a groundbreaking composer, arranger, bandleader, and baritone