Description
Book SynopsisThe definitive collection of jazz fiction
Trade ReviewThough one can find other anthologies of jazz fiction, all acknowledged by the editors, this collection is richer than any of its predecessors. . . . The appealing material collected here captures the ambience of the jazz universe in surprising ways. The best stories are poetic, metaphorical, imagistic, rhythm-based, allusive, and illusive—reflecting respect/adoration for jazz and artistry. . . . Highly recommended.May 2010
* Choice *
Carefully chosen and superbly edited by Sascha Feinstein and David Rife, the collection of 32 pieces of short fiction brings together some of the best jazz fiction from the 1920s to the present. . . . these stories virtually swing off the page. December 2009
* Jersey Jazz *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Don Asher, "The Barrier"
2. James Baldwin, "Sonny's Blues"
3. Toni Cade Bambara, "Medley"
4. Amiri Baraka, "Norman's Date"
5. Amiri Baraka, "The Screamers"
6. Frank London Brown, "Singing Dinah's Song"
7. Michelle Cliff, "A Woman Who Plays Trumpet Is Deported"
8. Wanda Coleman, "Jazz at Twelve"
9. Julio Cortázar, "Bix Beiderbecke"
10. Julio Cortázar, "The Pursuer"
11. Kiki DeLancey, "Swingtime"
12. Ralph Ellison, "A Coupla Scalped Indians"
13. Rudolph Fisher, "Common Meter"
14. Sam Greenlee, "Blues for Little Prez"
15. David Huddle, Tenorman: A Novella
16. Langston Hughes, "The Blues I'm Playing"
17. Langston Hughes, "Old Ghost Revives Atavistic Memories in a Lady of the DAR"
18. Phil Kawana, "Dead Jazz Guys"
19. Yusef Komunyakaa, "Buddy's Monologue"
20. Ellen Jordis Lewis, "Miss Brown to You"
21. William Henry Lewis, "Rossonian Days"
22. John McCluskey, "Lush Life"
23. Bill Moody, "Child's Play"
24. James Reed, "The Shrimp Peel Gig"
25. Josef škvorecký, "The End of Bull Mácha"
26. Terry Southern, "You're Too Hip, Baby"
27. Julian Street, "The Jazz Baby"
28. Boris Vian, "'Round About Close to Midnight"
29. Eudora Welty, "Powerhouse"
30. John Edgar Wideman, "The Silence of Thelonious Monk"
31. Xu Xi, "Jazz Wife"
32. Richard Yates, "A Really Good Jazz Piano"
Authors' Biographies
Acknowledgments
