For nearly twenty years, often with little or no recognition, a community of New York musicians has been creating a new music in the tradition of pioneers such as Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane, but which is uniquely their own. During the 1990s, free jazz broke through to an entirely new audience of alternative rock listeners, introducing them to the extraordinarily vital music that is being created in and around New York City. Rejuvenated by the interest and support of this new audience, free jazz is experiencing a renaissance.

New York Is Now! is a passionate account of that 1990s renaissance, taking us into the world of free jazz and its players, including an exploration of the scene that has sprung up around them, the venues where they perform, the independent rocord labels that release their music, and the rock magazines that cover them, even when the jazz press will not.

PHIL FREEMAN is a freelance music critic who has written for such magazines as the Aquarian Weekly, Magnet and Metal Hammer.

CONTENTS:
What Happened To Me
History, Like Most Things, Is Subjective
David S. Ware: Soul Sonic Force
Matthew Shipp: Systems Within Systems
William Parker: Building From The Bottom
Roy Campbell: Atop From The Pyramid
Charles Gayle: Trembling Before God
Joe Morris: Keepin' It Clean
Daniel Carter: This Is A Test
Putting On A Show For The People
Lies Jazz Critics Told Me
Getting It On Tape
Creating The Future
Recommended Listening

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