Thursday, June 18, 2026

Jazz Trumpet Reader Volume 2 Now Available as a Paperback and eBook Exclusively Through Amazon.

 This volume, which is the 19th in a series, is now available as a paperback and an eBook exclusively through Amazon.com. Just type my name in the search box under "Books."


Here's a look at the Table of Contents: 


TABLE OF CONTENTS 


Preface, pp. 8-13

Introduction, pp. 14-37

Chapter 1. Roy Eldridge - "Little Jazz" by Whitney Balliett, pp. 38-43

Chapter 2. Roy Eldridge “Little Jazz Goes a Long Way” by Dan Morgenstern, pp. 44-49

Chapter 3. Roy Eldridge (Jazz) by Gary Giddins, pp. 50-56

Chapter 4. Roy Eldridge - "Swingin on the Town" - Benny Green and Alun Morgan, pp. 57-61

Chapter 5. Dizzy Gillespie - The Immortal Joker - Part One, pp. 62-72

Chapter 6. Dizzy Gillespie - The Immortal Joker - Part Two, pp. 73-84

Chapter 7. Dizzy Gillespie - The Immortal Joker - Part Three, pp. 85-98

Chapter 8. Dizzy's Big Band by Gene Lees, pp. 99-102

Chapter 9. “Dizzy Gillespie - The Lion in Winter" - The Jazz Musician Interview with Chip Stern, pp. 103-110 

Chapter 10. Gillespiana: Grand, Glorious and Glistening by Steven A. Cerra, Editor, pp. 111-121

Chapter 11. Dizzy Gillespie And The Double Six Of Paris by Max Harrison, pp. 122-125  

Chapter 12. Theodore "Fats" Navarro: 1923-1950 - A Career Retrospective by Kenny Mathieson, pp. 126-134

Chapter 13. Fats Fats Fats Fats Fats by Bill Coss, pp. 135-137

Chapter 14. Sonny Berman by Gordon Jack, pp. 138-141

Chapter 15. The Miles Davis 1948/49 Group - from "Modern Jazz" by Alun Morgan and Raymond Horricks, pp. 142-150

Chapter 16. Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight Revisited - Gary Giddins, Scott DeVeaux, George Avakian and Bob Blumenthal, pp.151-157

Chapter 17. Miles Davis - Changes: The 1955 Sessions - Simon Spillett Notes [Acrobat ADDCD3148], pp. 158-171 

Chapter 18. EPITAPH: [A Review of Miles Ahead: Miles Davis + 19: Columbia LP CL 1041; CD CK 40784] by Whitney Balliett, pp.172-174 

Chapter 19. Milestones - The Music and Times of Miles Davis by Jack Chambers, pp. 175-180

Chapter 20. Quincy Jones's Morning Orange Juice - "Kind of Blue" by Ashley Kahn, pp. 181-188

Chapter 21. Rare interview with Bill Evans recounts the story of Miles Davis and Kind of Blue as told to Bill King, pp. 189-197

Chapter 22. Miles Davis Quintet Featuring John Coltrane - "All of You: The Last Tour 1960" by Simon Spillett, pp. 198-213

Chapter 23. The Enigma of Miles Davis - Barbara J. Gardner, pp. 214-219

Chapter 24: “Miles Davis: The Prince of Silence” by Mike Zwerin, pp. 220-225

Chapter 25. Clifford Brown Remembered by Gordon Jack, pp. 226-232

Chapter 26. Clifford Brown: The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings - Michael Cuscuna, pp. 233-240

Chapter 27. Clifford Brown - Max Roach: Alone Together - The Best of The Mercury Years - Rueben Jackson and Kenny Washington, pp. 241-245

Chapter 28. The Legacy of Clifford Brown by Barbara Gardner, pp. 246-254

Chapter 29. Benny [Golson] Remembers Clifford by Marc Crawford, pp. 255-257

Chapter 30. Clifford Brown's Trumpeter's Training by Hollie West, pp. 258-261
Chapter 31. Chet Baker by Bob Rosenblum, pp. 262-266
Chapter 32. Chet Baker - "The Jazz Musician Interview" by Jerome Reece, pp. 267-276
Chapter 33. Art Farmer in L.A. as told to Steve Iosardi, pp. 277-290
Chapter 34. Art Farmer, Benny Golson and The Jazztet by Bob Blumenthal, pp. 291-293
Chapter 35. Tony Fruscella: THE NAMES OF THE FORGOTTEN - John Dunton, pp. 294-298
Chapter 36. TONY FRUSCELLA by Gordon Jack, pp. 299-302
Chapter 37. Little Blue Byrd: [Booker Little, Blue Mitchell and Donald Byrd] by Kenny Mathieson, pp. 303-315
Chapter 38. Don Ferrara - The Gordon Jack Interview, pp. 316-321
Chapter 39. “Don Fagerquist - The Forgotten Ones" Series by Gordon Jack, pp. 322-325
Chapter 40. Don Joseph - Jazz Poet by Gordon Jack, pp. 326-330
Chapter 41. Maynard Ferguson - The Man who Broke The Band Barrier - George Hoefer and Gene Lees, pp. 331-337
Chapter 42. Maynard Ferguson - A New Appraisal by Ira Gitler, pp. 338-341
Chapter 43. M.F.'s Back in Town - Eve Berliner, pp. 342-346
Chapter 44. "M.F. - Rules the Road" by Herb Nolan, pp. 347-356
Chapter 45. “Maynard Ferguson Conquistador of the Double High C” by Arnold Jay Smith, pp. 357-363
Chapter 46. “Maynard Ferguson Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune” by Lee Underwood, pp. 364-370
Chapter 47. Maynard’s Changes by Zan Stewart, pp. 371-375