Highway 61 revisited

the long version

"What do Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Cassandra Wilson, and Ani DiFranco have in common? In Highway 61 Revisited, music critic Gene Santoro says the answer is jazz - not just the musical style, but jazz's distinctive ambiance and attitudes." "Combining interviews and original research, and marked throughout by Santoro's wide-ranging grasp of cultural history, Highway 61 Revisited offers readers a new look at - and a new way of listening to - the many ways jazz has colored the entire range of American popular music in all its dazzling profusion."--BOOK JACKET.