About the Author

Stanley Crouch is a columnist, novelist, essayist, and television commentator. He has served since 1987 as an artistic consultant at Lincoln centre and is a co-founder of the department known as Jazz at Lincoln centre. He is the author of Notes of a Hanging Judge and The Artificial White Man, among other titles. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

"Stanley Crouch is an intriguing case. He is often described as a maverick and a conservative, but as this excellent collection of essays on jazz illustrates, there's more to him than that." The Guardian "Crouch writes passionately and often provocatively, to the extent that even when you think he's showing off, you end up feeling he has a good point." Jazz Times"