Four Jazz Lives

Reviews / Votes

"Remains the best introduction to the worlds of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Nichols, and Jackie McLean."
-Ben Ratliff -- Ben Ratliff "Four black jazzmen speak at considerable length for themself, with connective passages supplied with persistent relevancy by a poet, historian, and critic."
-Nat Hentoff -- Nat Hentoff "An essential book in the jazz canon. . . . [T]he University of Michigan Press has given it a rebirth under the title Four Jazz Lives."
-Nat Hentoff, JazzTimes -- Nat Hentoff * JazzTimes * "An engrossing, impressionistic history of contemporary jazz."
-Nation * Nation * "[Spellman] views these men with a perceptive and understanding eye."
-New York Times * New York Times *