New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second collection of essays by this critic and musician: among the topics are Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Thelonius Monk, Jimi Hendrix, Coltrane ,Ornette Coleman and Mingus, Cuban and Hawaiian music and more. 193 pgs including index. ISBN: 0-19-5098692.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - An important book by one of jazz's most distinguished critics - includes reviews, essays about musicians at work recording, rehearsing and performing as well as a selection of album liner notes. by one of jazz's most distinguished critics, divided into sections, includes a collection of reviews of Ella Fitzgerald, Ornette Coleman, Bud Powell, Ellington, Fats Waller and many others; depictions of musicians at work recording, rehearsing and performing as well as a selection of album liner notes for Jelly Roll Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and others. Index. xiv, 253 pp. ISBN: 0-195036115.