在近四十年的音乐记者生涯中，拉尔夫·J·格里森记录了许多对几位史上最伟大的爵士音乐家的深入采访。这些非正式的采访主要是在格里森加州伯克利的家中进行的，直到现在才被完整地转录和出版。

这本了不起的书揭示了关于这些天才艺术家的有趣而鲜为人知的细节，包括他们的生活、对外形象，当然还有他们的音乐。本书是任何爵士乐迷、严肃的音乐家或音乐学家的必读之作。比尔·埃文斯谈论了他与严重抑郁症的斗争，而约翰·科尔特兰则谈到了麦考伊·泰纳在影响科尔特兰四重奏的声音中发挥的不可或缺的作用，热情地赞扬了这位钢琴家。其中还包括对Dizzy Gillespie、Sonny Rollins、Quincy Jones、Jon Hendricks和不朽的Duke Ellington的采访，以及另外七个二十世纪爵士乐界最**的名字。

An extraordinary collection of revealing, personal interviews with fourteen jazz music legends

During his nearly forty years as a music journalist, Ralph J. Gleason recorded many in-depth interviews with some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. These informal sessions, conducted mostly in Gleason’s Berkeley, California, home, have never been transcribed and published in full until now.

This remarkable volume, a must-

read for any jazz fan, serious musician, or musicologist, reveals fascinating, little-known details about these gifted artists, their lives, their personas, and, of course, their music. Bill Evans discusses his battle with severe depression, while John Coltrane talks about McCoy Tyner's integral role in shaping the sound of the Coltrane quartet, praising the pianist enthusiastically. Included also are interviews with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks, and the immortal Duke Ellington, plus seven more of the most notable names in twentieth-century jazz.