Warne Marsh: A Jazz Life (by John Klopotowsky)

This is the public version of John Klopotowski's book about his studying and playing with Warne Marsh, the first part is biographical (also about Sonny Dallas) and the second part deals with Warne Marsh's teaching.
There are several first-hand transcriptions of Tristano's and Marsh's lines in the book.
John Klopotowski:

"I had the good fortune to study jazz improvisation privately in New York with tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh during the years 1982-1984. These studies and period of time left a strong mark on me, and for many years I thought that both the story and information on the studies were worthy of publication in some type of book format. I eventually started writing what would become the book in 2005 and completed it in 2009.
The book consists of two parts - the first is an account of the circumstances and events that led to studying with Warne, and the second is a description of the techniques and methods used.
I wrote with a few people in mind, and the first were Warne’s two sons, K.C. and Jason. I have long wished that they could have known the Warne that I knew when I was a younger man, and I took Jason’s early advice to make my story personal. I also have always felt that I should share the material with any younger musicians who might benefit."
The painting is by our friend Charles Coffman.
Link to the PDF: https://1fichier.com/?1o0zqwtlqw8pi0hnzrfa

John F Goodman - Mingus Speaks (University of California Press, 2013

Contributed by Neil

Charles Mingus is among jazz’s greatest composers and perhaps its most talented bass player. He was blunt and outspoken about the place of jazz in music history and American culture, about which performers were the real thing (or not), and much more. These in-depth interviews, conducted several years before Mingus died, capture the composer’s spirit and voice, revealing how he saw himself as composer and performer, how he viewed his peers and predecessors, how he created his extraordinary music, and how he looked at race. Augmented with interviews and commentary by ten close associates—including Mingus’s wife Sue, Teo Macero, George Wein, and Sy Johnson—Mingus Speaks provides a wealth of new perspectives on the musician’s life and career. As a writer for Playboy, John F. Goodman reviewed Mingus’s comeback concert in 1972 and went on to achieve an intimacy with the composer that brings a relaxed and candid tone to the ensuing interviews. Much of what Mingus shares shows him in a new light: his personality, his passions and sense of humor, and his thoughts on music. The conversations are wide-ranging, shedding fresh light on important milestones in Mingus’s life such as the publication of his memoir, Beneath the Underdog, the famous Tijuana episodes, his relationships, and the jazz business.