Miles, Ornette, Cecil

Howard Mandel is an award-winning journalist who has published articles in Down Beat, The Village Voice, and The Wire, among many other publications internationally. A longtime arts-segment producer for National Public Radio and adjunct associate professor at New York University, he is also the president of the Jazz Journalists Association and the author of Future Jazz, published by Oxford University Press. Further details on Mandel and his work are available at www.HowardMandel.com.

"...an indespensable resource." --Andy Hamilton, The Wire"I learned so much from Miles Ornette Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz. It's really reporting, as well as listening. This is jazz from the inside - an essential book, not only for new listeners but for historians of jazz now, and in the future. We hear the musicians speak, informing the author - and us - thereby adding to how much more of the music we come to hear." --Nat Hentoff, writer, Jazz Times, Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal"Howard Mandel assumes many roles here -- elucidating critic and devoted fan, knowledgeable listener and Boswellian acolyte, evangelist and champion of the avant garde -- all taken on with infectious enthusiasm." --George Kanzler, JazzTimes"The most impressive aspect of the book is [Mandel's] writing: honest and evocative, flavorful and generous, enthusiastic and thought-provoking." --Art Lange, Jazz Notes

• EPIGRAMS Preface Acknowledgements Photography credits JAZZ BEYOND JAZZ – THE AVANT-GARDE MILES DAVIS, DIRECTIONS Me and Miles – un-cool confessions New directions Talkin’, playin’, BSn’ Later and after ORNETTE COLEMAN, QUESTIONS AND CONJECTURES Ornette I’ve met Harmolodic dialogue Circle of improvisers Coleman family business Honors CECIL TAYLOR, GRAND PASSI ONS The Great Unknown Late tea, early winter and my dinner with Cecil Speaking of drummers FURTHERMORE: THE ONCE AND FUTURE AVANT-GARDE Notes Selected Bibliography Index