Conversations in Jazz: The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews [Paperback]

"Fresh and defining anthologies of the writer."—Will Hermes,Rolling Stone

"For fans of jazz from the mid-twentieth century, these interviews will prove fascinating."—Booklist

"[A] treasure trove of previously unavailable interviews by a premier journalist who unfailingly asked perceptive and probing questions."—Library Journal

"A godsend to folks like me who already know and admire [Gleason’s] work—and a standard setter for those who should know him."—Felix Contreras,NPR Books

"One of the happier publishing surprises of the year."—Jeff Simon,Buffalo News

"A fine start to what should be a shelf of books on Gleason and his achievement."—Beyond Chron

"Two important new collections . . . both make for absorbing and instructive reading, in quite different ways."—Nate Chinen,Jazz Times

"Time and again Gleason helps an artist explain his essence at a crucial point in his career, capturing a very important moment in time."—Downbeat

“[Gleason’s] cultural moment is very much alive in [this] work.”—Ron Slate,On the Seawall

"The kind of righteous combination of sociocultural theory and radical politics that, today, you might find on Mark Fisher’s K-punk blog, or in the odd article Ben Watson is able to sneak past editors. In 1970, Gleason wrote 'If there is no way to change this world without killing half of us, then fuck it. I’ll do my best to have a ball and go out swinging.' The world still needs changing. We still need writing like this."—Daniel Spicer,The Wire

"Gleason was clearly a great listener, to both the music and the people who produced it, and the nuggets of wisdom and frank self-revelatl#y