The history of Prestige is the history of jazz in the 1950s and '60s. Tad Richards's chronological examination of Prestige, recording session by session, with history, analysis, profiles, digressions and meditations, brings the era to life as never before. In this volume, hard bop, soul jazz, and the new wave of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy all play their part, and Prestige adds blues and swing to its repertoire. Not to be missed.