Jazz is thriving in the twenty-first century, and The New Face of Jazz is an intimate, illustrated guide to the artists, venues, and festivals of today's jazz s

One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, GQ, Billboard, JazzTimes In jazz parlance, “playing changes” refers to an improviser’s resourceful path through a

Excerpts from recordings by various jazz musicians to illustrate text of book with same title.

A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth cent

A perfect gift for the musicians and artists in your life! The Art of Jazz explores how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, po