Northway Books
Northway Books(a.k.a.Northway Publications) is a publishing company based inLondon, UK.Northway specialises in biographies of musicians, and British social and cultural history. Its focus has been particularly on documenting jazz history in Britain but it has also published books on leading US musicians.
Since it began operations in 2000, Northway has produced autobiographies by saxophonist-bandleaderHarry Gold,trumpeter-cornettistDigby Fairweather,saxophonist-club ownerRonnie Scott,bassistColeridge Goode,trumpetersJohn ChiltonandLeslie Thompson,clarinettist-saxophonistVic Ashand alto saxophonistPeter King.Its catalogue also includes biographies of saxophonistsJackie McLean,Johnny Griffin,Hank MobleyandJoe Harriott,trumpeterNat Gonellaand bassistHenry Grimes,as well as books on the history of jazz in Britain byJim GodboltandIan Carrand on jazz composition byGraham Collier.[1]Northway has also published jazz-focused books by playwrightAlan Platerand poetChris Searle.
References
[edit]- ^The Jazz Composer.Archived2015-08-15 at theWayback Machine