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Seeing Jazz Artists And Writers On Jazz 
Robert O'MeallyChronicle Books, 1997 Paperback. 144pp. colour illustrations £18.99 The moods and rhythms of jazz have sent ripples through every branch of the arts, inspiring the greatest poets, writers, painters, sculptors, and photographers of the twentieth century. From Henri Matisse to Man Ray to Jean-Michel Basquiat, Seeing Jazz collects more than one hundred works of art influenced by the liberating forces of jazz. More than sixty-five selections from celebrated writers bring the sounds of jazz to the mind's eye, including pieces by Toni Morrison, Julio Cortazar, Jack Kerouac, Rita Dove, Michael Ondaatje, Langston Hughes and many others. With a foreword by jazz great CLARK TERRY, an introduction by jazz scholar ROBERT O'MEALLY, and an afterword by celebrated double bass player MILT HINTON, this exhilarating concert of music, art and literature will enthral jazz fans, art lovers, and literary hipsters alike. Compiled by Marquette Folley-Carter, Deborah Macanic & Janice McNeil. CLARK TERRY is a trumpeter and flugelhorn player who began performing with Charlie Barnett and Count Basie in the early forties, and later played with Duke Ellington before embarking on an illustrious solo career. He has performed and lectured for more than fifty years and is considered a living legend of jazz. ROBERT O'MEALLY is Zora Neale Hurston Professor of American Literature and director of the Jazz Study Group at Columbia University. His previous books include The Craft of Ralph Ellison and Lady Day: Many Faces of the Lady. MILT HINTON is a world-renowned double bass player who has played with Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong, among others. A forerunner of modern bass playing, he is also a well-known jazz photographer.
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