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From journeymen musicians to stars with many albums to their name, Mixed Messages includes interviews with 21 American jazz musicians – on music, mostly, but the world intrudes, as it does with the best of jazz music. He also writes obituaries of jazz musicians for the Guardian. His interviews and articles have appeared throughout the English-speaking world, including in the Melody Maker, Jazz UK and CODA. Mixed Messages is lavishly illustrated with rare and original photographs and will be of interest to any serious follower of jazz. They'll also give you their grand house tour, letting you in on a few secrets, before showing you their hall of fame, as well as revealing some of their greatest shames. Peter Vacher has been interviewing American jazz players since the 1950s and this is his second collection of interviews. His previous book of interviews is Soloists and Sidemen (Northway). m - 10 p. m

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