\"As you read, light bulbs switch on:that'swhat was going when she recorded that;nowI can see where he got that sound.\"-LA Weekly43 Jazz ConversationsMiles Davis, Gil Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Max Roach, Betty Carter, Jackie McLean, Don Cherry, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Keith Jarrett, Wynton Marsalis, and Jack DeJohnette-these are just a few of the jazz musicians whose conversations with Ben Sidran are recorded in this volume. In stimulating, personal, and informative discussions, they not only reveal their personalities, but also detail aspects of the performance, technique, business, history, and emotions of jazz. Newly expanded with previously unpublished dialogues with David Murray, Dr. John, and Mose Allison, Talking Jazzis undoubtedly the best oral history of recent and contemporary jazz. | Talking Jazz by Ben Sidran, Paperback | Indigo Chapters