Profound passion and untamed emotion, the extreme highs and lows of the incredible world of jazz - all this and more in a unique book that combines, from famed Italian photographer Elena Carminati, more than one hundred gorgeous jazz portraits, with eleven short stories dedicated to some of the world"s greatest jazz musicians, written by jazz journalist and author Vittorio Franchini. The photographic and verbal imagery, combined with the glorious music included in the four accompanying CDs. Music CDs: Create a sublime multisensorial experience that will wholly draw you into a jazz-pervaded atmosphere, conjuring up the feeling of sitting in a jazz club on 52nd street or in Harlem during the glory days of this great art form.