Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues

This retrospective of Murray’s commentary on jazz music specifically and American arts in general collects transcripts of 12 interviews, two talks, liner notes to Revelations/Blues Suite, a biographical sketch of Count Basie, and his final jazz article published in New Republic. Appendices list Murray’s canon of jazz arrangements and categorization of Ellington’s patterns and themes. Black and white photographs are provided. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)