In this freewheeling collection of short stories and vignettes, the famed French cartoonist examines not only the music, but the nature of the jazz sub-culture. The grumpy festival goer, the curmudgeonly collector, and many other fan "types" are the targets of his unerring gimlet eye. Drawn in a range of styles as improvisational as Coltrane and Mingus -- everything from loose linework to tight pen and ink to gestural pencils -- Blutch captures the excitement of live performance, the lovelorn, and the Great Jazz Detective, who is out but not down.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 02/20/2018
ISBN: 9781683960867
Pages: 96
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 10.40h x 8.00w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/22/2018