Mixed Messages: American Jazz Stories

From journeyman musicians to stars with many albums to their name, "Mixed Messages" includes interviews with twenty-one American jazz musicians -on music, mostly, but the world intrudes, as it does with the best of jazz music. The musicians range from trombonist Louis Nelson, who was born in 1902, through to New Orleans pianist Ellis Marsalis, who is still playing, and on to Byron Stripling, who plays trumpet with his Columbus Jazz Orchestra.

Peter Vacher has been interviewing American jazz players since the 1950s. "Mixed Messages" is his second collection of interviews. The book is lavishly illustrated with rare and original photographs and will be of interest to any serious follower of jazz.

Peter Vacher knows almost everybody in the jazz world. His interviews and articles have appeared throughout the English-speaking world, including in "Jazz Journal", "Melody Maker", "Jazz UK" and "CODA". His previous book of interviews is "Soloists and Sidemen" (Northway Press). He also writes too many obituaries of jazz musicians for "The Guardian".

CONTENIDO:

Introduction

Louis Nelson
Norman "Dewey" Keenan
Gerald Wilson
Fip Ricard
Ruby Braff
George "Buster" Cooper
Bill Berry
Benny Powell
Plas Johnson Jr.
Carl "Ace" Carter
Herman Riley
Lanny Morgan
Ellis Marsalis
John Eckert
Houston Person Jr.
Tom Artin
Rufus Reid
John Stubblefield IV
Judy Carmichael
Tardo Hammer
Byron Stripling

Acknowledgements
Index