{"product_id":"jazz-people-pb-9780306804342","title":"Jazz People PB","description":"Valerie Wilmer's 1970 classic, \u003ci\u003eJazz People, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 and in photographs--of the often troubling lives of the musicians who changed the shape of jazz in the fifties and sixties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Wilmer\u003c\/b\u003e is one of England's leading jazz commentators. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Face of Black Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e As Serious As Your Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMama Said There'd Be Days Like This.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543504195858,"sku":"9780306804342","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e822670-d314-42ce-b25c-01eede27464d.jpg?v=1731510362","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jazz-people-pb-9780306804342","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}