Considering Genius Writings on Jazz

Stanley Crouch-the perennial bull in the china shop of African-American intelligentsia-has been writing about jazz and jazz artists for over thirty years. His reputation for controversy is exceeded only by a universal respect for his intellect and passion. Considering Genius collects some of Crouch's best loved, most influential, and most controversial pieces (published in Jazz Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, and elsewhere). The pieces range from the introspective "Jazz Criticism and its Effect on the Art Form" to vivid, intimate portraits of the legendary performers Crouch has known. When Stanley Crouch writes about jazz, he's writing about aesthetics, race, class, bigotry, art, time, cinema, law, hypocrisy and culture. When Crouch writes about jazz, he writes about America. Book jacket.

Stanley Crouch is a columnist, novelist, essayist, and television commentator. He has served since 1987 as an artistic consultant at Lincoln Center and is a co-founder of the department known as Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is the author of Notes of a Hanging Judge and The Artificial White Man, among other titles. He lives in New York City.