New York Is Now!: The New Wave of Free Jazz

Embraced by rock fans in the early 90s, the Free Jazz movement has inspired a kind of jazz renaissance. Jazz journalist and death-metal fan Phil Freeman describes that revival in New York Is Now! The New Wave of Free Jazz, the first book published by the multimedia Telegraph Company (66 Hope St., Brooklyn, N.Y., 11211; 718-599-6762). In interviews with avant-garde jazz musicians, reviews of salient works, discussions of the scene's important clubs and record labels, and analysis of the genre's relationship to indie rock, Freeman catalogues a much-overlooked musical and cultural phenomenon. Jazz fans and indie-rockers alike should welcome this thorough and opinionated work. Sept. 10)