Change Is ...: A Survey of British Modern Jazz, 1946-73

For a short period from 1968, when US acoustic jazz had run out of free jazz steam, and before the ascendency of Scandi Jazz and ECM in the mid 70s, the UK was the cutting edge of jazz, a style now rightly lauded as British Progressive JazzThe must have book for this period of is Duncan Heinings Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers, but Adams book is a very interesting adjunct, also covering as it does the earlier BeBop UK jazz scene.The book contains personal, sometimes over personal, reviews of the era's key albums, and is overly in awe of US acoustic jazz despite its obvious decline post Nerfititi. A good case in point being the Rendle/Carr Quintet that was more formidable than any US jazz group of the time, but for all that his list of 50 five star albums end up being quite similar to Heinings.So overall an interesting addition to a key moment in post war UK music.

I highly recommend this book. Although I don't agree with all the comments it is written in a very convivial style, dashes of humour and some pithy remarks. It is a very comprehensive review of the subject. Anyone who enjoys jazz should have this book.