Miles discusses his life and music from playing trumpet in high school to the new instruments and sounds from the Caribbean.

Looks at the pervasiveness of racism in jazz's past and present--both the white racism that long ghettoized the music of talented African-American musicians, and what Lees ...

A concise history of jazz The noteworthy composers and musicians, from Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk to Miles Davis and Charles Mingus Major performers from Louis ...

An introduction to jazz music offers a collection of tales from the musicians themselves, profiling the all-time greats, such as Duke Ellington, and including a review of the ...

Handy resource for jazz listeners and hardcore fans. Spanning players from eighty years of history, this bold book steps forward and claims who are the greatest. Compiled from ...