Musicians Mats Gustafsson and Thurston Moore have joined forces with music scribe Byron Coley for this, an exhaustive illustrated guide to free jazz records between the years 1960 and ‘80. On the one hand, that sounds incredible niche. On the other, there’s acres of musical space for the men to run into. The book compiles, “personal archives with discussions and debates of their selections of recordings which could be contenders within a list defined by a parameter of 100 most essential releases,” according to a statement. Even if you’re not a jazz-head, the art will blow you away.
(Hardcover) $34.99
