UNAPOLOGETIC EXPRESSION (UK JAZZ EXPLOSION) (PB)

Reaching back to the roots of jazz as the 'unapologetic expression' of oppressed peoples, shaped by the forces of slavery, imperialism and globalisation, Andre Marmot places the new wave of jazz within the wider context of a divided, postcolonial Britain. Drawing on 86 interviews with key architects of this jazz renaissance and those who came before them - from Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd to Gilles Peterson, Courtney Pine and Cleveland Watkiss this book captures the radical spirit of a vital British musical movement.