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A Certain Respect is essential reading

cover for Certain Respect for Tradition, A
"The author of six erudite, elegant jazz books including the invaluable The Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada, jazz critic for The Globe and Mail from 1978 to 2005, has always been as clear and perceptive as anyone in this eclectic field.... Miller says A Certain Respect for Tradition is a celebration of jazz and so it is -- and you should know that many of these always readable, easily digested pieces had to be put together quickly, written on deadline. Miller's work also brings out the essential humanity of jazz musicians (they rarely behave like today's celebs) and reflects how jazz fads and fancies have changed over 25 years in Toronto.... Now this is essential reading." - Geoff Chapman, The Toronto Star

A Certain Respect for Tradition: Mark Miller on Jazz, 1980-2005 review

by Geoff Chapman
The Toronto Star
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

The author of six erudite, elegant jazz books including the invaluable The Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada, jazz critic for The Globe and Mail from 1978 to 2005, has always been as clear and perceptive as anyone in this eclectic field.... Miller says A Certain Respect for Tradition is a celebration of jazz and so it is -- and you should know that many of these always readable, easily digested pieces had to be put together quickly, written on deadline. Miller's work also brings out the essential humanity of jazz musicians (they rarely behave like today's celebs) and reflects how jazz fads and fancies have changed over 25 years in Toronto.... Now this is essential reading.