the lees book was so boring...the stories were not interesting at all the musicians told.
that "four lives in the jazz world" or whatever it is called by maybe nat hentoff with discussions with ornette coleman and cecil taylor and i don't remember the other people is very good and does touch on racial issues at some points. well not issues i guess but you get good perspective on things...like ornette coleman discussing why whites make better bassists in his opinion than blacks (don't remember the reason)