Foreword by Val Wilmer
Introduction
New Jazz Chronology
African American Cultural History and the Arts
The New Jazz: 1959-1990
General Works
Country and Regional Studies United States Europe and Beyond
The Jazz Collectives
The New York Loft and Club Scene
Biographical and Critical Studies
General Works
Individual Artists
Appendix I: Reference Works
Appendix II: Archives and Research Centers
Appendix III: List of New Jazz Artists by Country
Appendix IV: List of New Jazz Artists by Instrument
Artist Index
Subject Index
Author Index
The bulk of the book covers 'Biographical and Critical Studies' arranged alphabetically by artists or group name. The scope is international, and subjects are mostly American or British. Where there are many articles about a person, helpful subdivisions by broad topic ('concert reviews,' 'obituaries,' 'discographies,' etc.) are provided. Library Journal
JOHN GRAY is currently Director of the Black Arts Research
Center, an archival resource center dedicated to the documentation,
preservation, and dissemination of the African cultural legacy. His
previous publications include African Music: A Bibliographical
Guide to the Traditional, Popular, Art and Liturgical Musics of
Sub-Saharan Africa (1991), Blacks in Film and Television: A
Pan-African Bibliography of Films, Filmmakers, and Performers
(1990), Black Theatre and Performance (1990)
he, Traditional Religion and Healing in Sub-Saharan Africa and the
Diaspora (1989)
and Blacks in Classical Music (1988), all published by Greenwood
Press.
"Gray (director of the Black Arts Research Center, Nyack, New York,
and author of several other bibliographies, including Blacks in
Classical Music (CH Dec '88), has provided superb coverage of the
literature concerning the "new jazz" period. With more than 7,100
unannotated entries, he updates and surpasses both Eddie Meadows's
Jazz Reference and Research Materials (CH Mar '82) and Bernhard
Hefele's Jazz bibliography (1981). Meadows covers earlier periods
well, and Hefele is good for European material, but Gray's work
covers both American and European works on the period nearly
comprehensively. Materials include books, dissertations,
periodicals, newspapers, films, videos, audiotapes; most are in
English or French but there are a number in other major Western
languages. Concert and record reviews are included for major
artists only. Six major sections include a detailed chronology,
African American cultural history and the arts, general works and
country and regional studies, jazz collectives and cooperative
record labels, jazz lofts, and biographical and critical studies of
more than 400 individual artists and ensembles (this last providing
80;pc of the bulk of the work). Appendixes cite reference works
consulted, identify archives and research centers, and give country
and instrument lists of "new jazz" artists. The cross-references
and indexes (artist, subject, and author) provide detailed access,
but do include many unsubdivided entries. No discographies are
provided, but useful discographies are cited. A solid contribution
to jazz research. Both public and academic libraries."-Choice
?this informative work is an important addition to the jazz
reference literature. There are very few bibliographies in jazz
studies as well organized as Fire Music. Musicians, researchers,
jazz fans, and libraries will find it an important addition to
their collections.?-ARBA Notes
?Gray (director of the Black Arts Research Center, Nyack, New York,
and author of several other bibliographies, including Blacks in
Classical Music (CH Dec '88), has provided superb coverage of the
literature concerning the "new jazz" period. With more than 7,100
unannotated entries, he updates and surpasses both Eddie Meadows's
Jazz Reference and Research Materials (CH Mar '82) and Bernhard
Hefele's Jazz bibliography (1981). Meadows covers earlier periods
well, and Hefele is good for European material, but Gray's work
covers both American and European works on the period nearly
comprehensively. Materials include books, dissertations,
periodicals, newspapers, films, videos, audiotapes; most are in
English or French but there are a number in other major Western
languages. Concert and record reviews are included for major
artists only. Six major sections include a detailed chronology,
African American cultural history and the arts, general works and
country and regional studies, jazz collectives and cooperative
record labels, jazz lofts, and biographical and critical studies of
more than 400 individual artists and ensembles (this last providing
80; pc of the bulk of the work). Appendixes cite reference works
consulted, identify archives and research centers, and give country
and instrument lists of "new jazz" artists. The cross-references
and indexes (artist, subject, and author) provide detailed access,
but do include many unsubdivided entries. No discographies are
provided, but useful discographies are cited. A solid contribution
to jazz research. Both public and academic libraries.?-Choice
?Gray, who has also compiled Blacks in Film and Television
(Greenwood, 1990) and Blacks in Classical Music (Greenwood, 1988),
begins with a sketchy New Jazz Chronology' followed by a hearty
classified bibliography that includes books, articles,
dissertations and theses, and media materials. Sources in languages
other than English are seperately listed within each category. The
bulk of the book covers Biographical and Critical Studies' arranged
alphabetically by artists or group name. The scope is
international, and subjects are mostly American or British. Where
there are many articles about a person, helpful subdivisions by
broad topic (concert reviews, ' obituaries, ' discographies, '
etc.) are provided. Appendixes list reference works, research
centers, artists by country, and artists by instrument. Author,
title, and subject indexes are included.?-Library Journal
"this informative work is an important addition to the jazz
reference literature. There are very few bibliographies in jazz
studies as well organized as Fire Music. Musicians, researchers,
jazz fans, and libraries will find it an important addition to
their collections."-ARBA Notes
"Gray, who has also compiled Blacks in Film and Television
(Greenwood, 1990) and Blacks in Classical Music (Greenwood, 1988),
begins with a sketchy New Jazz Chronology' followed by a hearty
classified bibliography that includes books, articles,
dissertations and theses, and media materials. Sources in languages
other than English are seperately listed within each category. The
bulk of the book covers Biographical and Critical Studies' arranged
alphabetically by artists or group name. The scope is
international, and subjects are mostly American or British. Where
there are many articles about a person, helpful subdivisions by
broad topic (concert reviews, ' obituaries, ' discographies, '
etc.) are provided. Appendixes list reference works, research
centers, artists by country, and artists by instrument. Author,
title, and subject indexes are included."-Library Journal
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