Jazz People PB

by Valerie Wilmer and Val Wilmer

Book Overview

Valerie Wilmer's 1970 classic, Jazz People, has long been considered one of the three or four finest books ever written on jazz. Featuring extensive interviews with fourteen jazz geniuses, including Art Farmer, Cecil Taylor, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Big Joe Turner, and Archie Shepp, Wilmer captures the essential qualities of each artist in her interviews, providing deeply moving portraits--in words...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306804344
• ISBN13: 9780306804342
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"