University of Illinois Press

An important addition to the growing literature about jazz poetry. Recommended — Choice More…

In this entertaining and informative collection of interviews, [Cushing] showcases many facets of the Chicago blues scene — No Depression More…

[Whiteis's] spot-on assessments of the social and economic forces . . . are as essential as his encyclopedic knowledge of the artists' backgrounds and discographies — Downbeat More…

A detailed and well-proportioned linear narrative. Assiduous about assigning dates, where possible, to previously vague areas of chronology — Jazzwise More…

Harper's memoir is beautifully wrought, and populated with an array of vivid and memorable characters... Flecked with insight, wit and warmth, it proves to be an evocative portrait of a bygone... — MOJO More…

The vitality of musical life at a time of such economic hardship is both poignant and surprising. For what it wordlessly reveals about the history of US music and the history of a critical time,... — Choice More…

Required reading for lovers of the blues and historians of American popular music — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

Recommended — Choice More…

A major contribution to jazz oral history — Mississippi Rag More…