Seeing jazz

the long version

Seeing Jazz collects more than one hundred works of art influenced by the liberating forces of jazz. More than sixty-five selections from celebrated writers bring the sounds of jazz to the mind's eye including pieces by Toni Morrison, Julio Cortazar, Jack Kerouac, Rita Dove, Michael Ondaatje, Langston Hughes, and many others. With a foreword by jazz great Clark Terry, an introduction by jazz scholar Robert O'Meally, and an afterword by celebrated double bass player Milt Hinton, this exhilarating concert of music, art, and literature will enthrall jazz fans, art lovers, and literary hipsters alike.