The Washington Post Book World, Jonathan
Yardley
Visions of Jazz is not a reference book; rather,
it is (to date, at least) the definitive compendium by the
most interesting jazz critic now at work.... He knows his
subject, his prose is interesting and graceful, his judgments
are measured and fair, and the only camp of which he is a
member is his own.
The Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review,
Grover Sales
...Giddins is that rarity, a jazz writer with a genuinely
engaging literary style who ranks with other masters of this
elusive craft.... a landmark destined to