Valeria Wilmer is one of England's leading jazz commentators. Her books include The Face of Black Music (also available from Da Capo Press), as Serious As Your Life, and Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This.

Valeria Wilmer is one of England's leading jazz commentators. Her books include The Face of Black Music (also available from Da Capo Press), as Serious As Your Life, and Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This.