<em>Weather Bird</em>, a brilliant companion volume to the critically acclaimed <em>Visions of Jazz</em>, offers a superb collection of essays, reviews and articles. Gary Giddins brings together more than 140 pieces written over a 14-year period. Highlights include an astute look at avant-garde music ("Parajazz") and his challenging essay, "How Come Jazz Isn't Dead?" which advances a theory about the way art is born, exploited, celebrated, and sidelined to the museum.
