"Balliett, longtime jazz critic for The New Yorker , has an uncanny ability to characterize music in words....Each essay is written in language as rich and inventive as the music itself"-- Publishers Weekly . "A fine 14th book from Balliett....If this is it, Balliett leaves in top form and we are all in his debt"-- Kirkus Reviews . In this new collection of jazz writing, Whitney provides rich summations of giants like Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, and Sarah Vaughan while offering penetrating assessments of ...
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"Balliett, longtime jazz critic for The New Yorker , has an uncanny ability to characterize music in words....Each essay is written in language as rich and inventive as the music itself"-- Publishers Weekly . "A fine 14th book from Balliett....If this is it, Balliett leaves in top form and we are all in his debt"-- Kirkus Reviews . In this new collection of jazz writing, Whitney provides rich summations of giants like Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, and Sarah Vaughan while offering penetrating assessments of new artists as diverse as Warren Vache, Michel Petrucianni, and Wynton Marsalis. Balliett also identifies important issues: the proliferation of festivals, the profusion of jazz biographies, the outpouring of complete collections of jazz's early recording artists, and the debatable success of new performers devoted to reviving past styles. As always, Balliett's subjects are as piquant as his style is delightful.
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