The Passion for Jazz

New York : Horizon Press, 1980

A collection of articles from 1975-80, with a list of "the 10 top artists in the history of jazz", including the violinist Joe Venuti but not the enduringly influential Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman or John Coltrane.
And in a particularly ill-advised article called "Are Blacks Deserting Jazz" - Mr. Feather concludes that they are, without mentioning the lofts and small theaters and concert halls where the younger black jazz musicians play.

• Jazz: From Its Origins To The Present - 20%
• The Encyclopedia Yearbook of Jazz - 15%
  
• The Jazz Scene - 20%
  
• The Passion for Jazz - 15%
• Growing Up With Jazz - 20%