James Lincoln Collier

A detailed, provocative, intellectually stimulating, and skillfully written account-in fact, one of the most engrossing biographies of a jazz musician ever written — DownbeatMore…

unquestionably the most thought-provoking book ever written on jazz ... Abrasive, controversial, irritating, yet often entertaining, this book should be on every jazz lover's bookshelf — BBC Music MagazineMore…

Even with the benefit of all the diligent research that has made this book so gripping, Collier is unable to explain why Goodman could be so uniquely nasty ... a disturbing and revealing account... — Jazz FMMore…