As Serious As Your Life: The Story of the New Jazz

New York: Serpent's Tail, 1992. Second Edition. Octavo in wraps; 296 pp, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: portraits; 20 cm Good(+); wraps show light creasing and shelf-wear, faint wrinkling to back wrap and pages; some discoloration to free endpaper, mild toning to textblock. Paperback. ISBN: 9781852422349

Traces the history of American jazz through its greatest musicians, providing detailed bibliographical material on John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman and many others. The author also explores the culture of jazz, shaped by tradition and economic and social forces.| Interpretation | Criticism