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The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles.(Book review)
The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles. By Steven L. Isoardi. With an Appendix by Roberto Miranda. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. [xxi, 356 p. ISBN 0-520-24591-1. $34.95.] Illustrations, index, bibliography, appendix, notes, compact disc.
The history of jazz on the West Coast is gradually coming into focus after years of neglect and misunderstanding by historians, critics, and jazz listeners alike. Los Angeles has for too long been characterized variously as a second-rate New York City, a haven for the "cool" sounds of Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, or a place where slick, superficial studio productions were cranked out under ...
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