Handful of Keys

Alyn Shipton is the jazz critic for the Times of London, and has a regular program on jazz on BBC radio. He is the author of A New History of Jazz, Groovin' High: The Lifeof Dizzy Gillespie, and The Glass Enclosure: The Life ofBud Powell, among many other books on jazz. He lives in London, England.

Contents Introduction and Acknowledgements 1.Carla Bley 2. JoAnne Brackeen 3. Dave Brubeck 4. Uri Caine 5. Alice Coltrane 6. Chick Corea 7. Sylvie Corvoisier 8. Tommy Flanagan 9. Michael Garrick 10. Benny Green 11. Herbie Hancock 12. Andrew Hill 13. Abdullah Ibrahim 14. Keith Jarrett 15. Brian Kellock 16. Diana Krall 17. John Lewis 18. Jacques Loussier 19. Junior Mance 20. Marian McPartland 21. Oscar Peterson 22. Michel Petrucciani 23. Horace Silver 24. Esbjorn Svensson 25. Billy Taylor 26. John Taylor 27. Butch Thompson 28. Sir Charles Thompson 29. Mal Waldron 30. Gerald Wiggins List of Suggested Recordings Index