This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture by
Iain Anderson
This a fantastic read for people with a solid background knowledge on free jazz. It is VERY dense with information. It’s not juicy fun stuff about the artists though; it’s facts about the music and its recognized place in American culture. Some of the stats concerning the lack of appreciation are depressing but on the other hand, the permanence of the free jazz masters is a rectification.
Published in 2007 I hope the author has been paying attention to what has happened musically since then.