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Cats Of Any Color: Jazz, Black And White
Author(s): Gene Lees (Author)
- Publisher: Da Capo
- Publication Date: January 9, 2001
- Language: English
- Print length: 246 pages
- ISBN-10: 0306809508
- ISBN-13: 9780306809507
Book Description
In a series of candid interviews with jazz players, composers, and critics, Gene Lees explores racism in the past and present of jazzboth the white racism that for decades ghettoized black musicians and their music, and the prejudice that Lees documents of some black musicians against their white counterparts. With subjects ranging from Horace Silver to Dave Brubeck to Red Rodney, and a new introduction analyzing recent developments, Cats of Any Color chronicles jazz as a multiethnic art.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Fascinating. . .full of incredible insights. . .Judicious and balance. . . Please, get this book and read it.” — Allegro
“Let me get straight to the point: Gene Lees is the best writer on the topic of jazz in the world today.” —
Toronto Sun“Vividly rendered interviews and vignettes illustrating that jazz…has been plagued by the very racism some people think it could obliterate.” —
New York Times Book ReviewAbout the Author
Gene Lees, three-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award, is the author of several books and his widely acclaimed Jazzletter. He lives in Ojai, California.
