It is a book that needed to be written and seems sure to inspire countless lines of fresh academic -STUART NICHOLSON, find it revealing, thought-provoking, and helpful.”Īuthor of Jazz Matters: Reflections on the Music and Some of Its Makers “In this compelling adduction of new evidence and analysis, Sandke forensically dissects jazz history and shows it, to paraphrase Ralph Ellison, to be ‘ever a tall tale told by inattentive idealists’ where myth and legend frequently obscure a less prosaic truth. His book will infuriate its targets, those in the music world who place myth, -DOUG RAMSEY, His insights and opinions are forthright. The Annual Review of Jazz Studies (2000).ġ917–91 and Louis Moreau Gottschalk “Randy Sandke’s research and documentation are thorough. FREDERICK STARR, author of Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union, Introduction to Metatonal Music (2002) and hasĪn important and serious contribution to our deeper understanding of the music we love.”Ĭontributed to The Oxford Companion to Jazz and It is neither the first nor last book on the subject, but Randy Sandke’s book meets this standard andĪuthor of Harmony for a New Millennium: An “Genuine research involves the discovery of unknown or neglected materials and their analysis in ways that yield fresh insights. Randall Sandke has been a professional jazz
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