Out of the Long Dark

Alyn Shipton

Few British jazz musicians have been at the cutting edge of as many movements as Ian Carr. A pioneer bebop player in his youth, a colleague of Eric Burdon and John McLaughlin in the R'n'B explosion of the 60s, co-leader of one of Britain's most innovative jazz groups, the Rendell-Carr Quintet, a fre...

Jazz Visions

Peter Ind

Lennie Tristano was one of jazz's most extraordinary innovators, possessing a superb piano technique and an awesome musical imagination. Unheralded by the general public, the blind pianist's work was revered by many jazz greats including the legendary Charlie Parker. Tristano's persuasive personalit...

Stargazer

Stephen Koch

Stargazer is to die over.—Andy Warhol
The definitive critical study of twentieth-century pop culture icon Andy Warhol, the man who redrew the boundaries of art.

Andy Warhol’s work and personality changed American visual culture forever, making him an international supersta...

Prokofiev

Claude Samuel

Miriam John

Born in Russia in 1891, Serge Prokofiev tirelessly devoted himself to the search for a new, individual music. His rich creative life coincided with the artistic, cultural, and political tumult that forged the early life of the Soviet Union. When first performed, much of Prokofiev's work was greet...