FUTURE JAZZ by veteran jazz critic Howard Mandel is an exciting book at the contemporary jazz scene from the 1970s to the present. Incorporating
intimate portraits and in-depth interviews with musicians, composers, experimenters, industry professionals and club owners, FUTURE JAZZ navigates
readers through the terrain of modern jazz, taking us from the Knitting Factory to Lincoln Center, from jazz fusion to downtown improvisation.
While the book examines the success of the Young Lions, such as Wynton Marsalis, the main emphasis is on the music that is made outside of
mainstream-commercial contexts and the artists who create it, such as the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the World Saxophone Quartet, John Zorn, Vernon Reid,
John McLaughlin, Henry Threadgill, Joe Lovano, David Murray, Geri Allen, and Cassandra Wilson, among many others.
FUTURE JAZZ is the requisite guide to today's jazz and a valuable roadmap to the music of tomorrow.
Praise for Future Jazz
"FUTURE JAZZ is the real thing. How refreshing it is to read the writing of someone who has taken the time
to actually converse with the musicians. Jazz requires this sort of intimacy on all fronts. Where other writers
tend to intone from afar, Howard Mandel is one of the few writers in jazz today who gets close. He clearly has
a grasp of the movement of this music, the undercurrents, the nuances, the text and subtext." --Cassandra Wilson
"At last someone's beginning to take this music seriously! Howard's passion is admirable."
--John Zorn
