2 Books Edited by Graham Lock

[paul secor]

The Hearing Eye: Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Visual Art - co-edited by Graham Lock and David Murray (not the musician)

and

Mixtery: A Festschrift for Anthony Braxton - edited by Graham Lock

Has anyone read either of these or does anyone know anything about them?

[AllenLowe]

I read Lock's book on Braxton (not the festschrift) and liked it very much -

[B. Clugston]

Mixtery was released as a 50th birthday celebration for Braxton back in the mid-1990s. It's a collection of essays, recollections and salutations from various writers and musicians. An excellent read.

[B. Clugston]

Lock and Murray have also collaborated on Thriving on a Riff: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film.

[Bluesnik]

not that it has anything to do with Graham Lock, but the title of the book made me think of a book i recently got. it's a compilation of drawings by Robert Crumb of blues, jazz and country pioneers made in his typical style. together with it comes a CD with a compilation of Crumb-selected music that illustrates the drawings perfectly.

the book features Bix Beiderbecke, together with a ton of other people i don't know (like a group called the Sheiks of... Araby, or something like that). together with every drawing of the artist comes information about his vital data. i think it was published in 2006. i had heard of these drawings before i saw it. i gave it to a friend who liked it a lot.