Originally published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1992.
Includes discographies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mose Allison -- Art Blakey -- Ruby Braff -- Anthony Braxton -- Bob Brookmeyer -- Dave Brubeck -- Ray Bryant -- Larry Coryell -- Mercer Ellington -- Bill Evans -- Gil Evans -- Tommy Flanagan -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Chico Hamilton -- Lee Konitz -- Charles Mingus -- Joe Pass -- Sonny Stitt -- Gábor Szabó -- Clark Terry -- Henry Threadgill -- Bill Watrous