Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now
Anthologies of jazz writing tend to be mixed bags, combining reviews, profiles, and usually a couple of short stories in which the protagonist happens to play the tenor saxophone. This collection from formerNew Yorkereditor Robert Gottlieb is indeed such a miscellany, but it has been assembled with rare taste and discrimination. The emphasis on autobiographical writing is particularly welcome, reminding us that, in prose as in jazz,voiceis the ultimate artistic thumbprint.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.