All together
Humphrey Carpenter, 7 December 1989
The Safest Place in the World: A Personal History of British Rhythm and Blues
by Dick Heckstall-Smith.
Quartet, 178 pp., £14.95, September 1989,0 7043 2696 5 Show More
by Dick Heckstall-Smith.
Quartet, 178 pp., £14.95, September 1989,
Mama said there’d be days like these: My Life in the Jazz World
by Val Wilmer.
Women’s Press, 336 pp., £16.95, September 1989,0 7043 5040 8 Show More
by Val Wilmer.
Women’s Press, 336 pp., £16.95, September 1989,
“... last public appearance), and left one wondering how they had managed to stay together so long. Dick Heckstall-Smith defines a band as ‘a passengerless collective’, but he doesn’t say ‘driverless’, and his often rivetingly interesting book, which deals largely with the breakup of bands, frequently demonstrates that conflict is bound to occur ... ”
