Cookin'

The music journalist and author of Giant Steps offers a history of modern jazz evolutions pioneered by Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and other greats. Following his earlier volume, Giant Steps , which gives readers a comprehensive overview of Bebop and free jazz from the mid-40s to the mid-60s, Kenny Mathieson now explores the later years of the modern jazz era in greater depth. In Cookin' , Mathieson examines the birth and development of two of the most enduring and influential jazz styles of the p