Describes the history and development of jazz music in America from its roots in Africa to the contemporary music scene.

This book shows how one label changed the course of modern music and brought jazz to the world. The story of Verve Records is the story of jazz. Verve signed practically every major jazz artist of the fifties and sixties and is home to some of the greatest music ever recorded. Norman Granz, the record labels founder, also organised high-profile, racially integrated jam sessions at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. These Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts,...

The Bebop crew is just trying to make a buck. This motley lot of intergalactic loners teams up to track down fugitives and turn them in for cold hard cash. On their own, any one of them would be likely to get lost in the sprawl of space, but together, they're the most entertaining gang of bounty hunters in the year 2071.

Nick, the proprietor of a Bourbon Street gambling joint, an artistic haven for African-American musicians who gather and jam from dusk til dawn, falls in love with an opera-singing socialite. After losing his nightclub Nick tries over the course of many years to get jazz the respect and audience it deserves.

'RELEASED! The Human Rights Concerts' compiles a series of benefit concerts from 1986-98, held to raise awareness & funds for human rights organization Amnesty International.