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Miles Davis
Miles
Simon & Schuster
... could well be subtitled "Miles Tells All" for this volume is crammed with juicy gossip about most of the key figures in modern jazz. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Charles Mingus
Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64
Jazz Icons
The iconoclast among icons. This DVD gives witness to three of Mingus's finest live performances, with one of his most potent groups on fire. -- Bass Player Magazine
David A. Jasen, Gene Jones
Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930
Schirmer Books
An entertaining and thoughtful history of great but neglected African-American tunesmiths from the vaudeville and early jazz eras. -- Kirkus Reviews
Wes Montgomery
Jazz Icons: Wes Montgomery Live in '65
DVD - Close-ups of Montgomery's hands traversing the fretboard should be required viewing for any aspiring jazz guitarist. -- The Boston Phoenix
Dave Brubeck
Jazz Icons: Dave Brubeck Live in '64 & '66
DVD - [Displays] the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s unique penchant for creating music that is uncompromisingly cool and smooth but still loaded with clever time-changes and shifting dynamics, brimming with character. -- Jambands.com
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