This is Bop

Peter Jones is a jazz singer and journalist based in London. He read English at St Peter's College, Oxford, and has an MA in Film and Television Studies from the University of Westminster. For several years he played bass in a jazz sextet, before deciding to concentrate on singing. He has two albums: 'One Way Ticket to Palookaville' - 2013 and 'Utopia' -2016. He is the author of the award winning This is Hip: The Life of Mark Murphy (Equinox, 2018).

• Introduction - The Verge of ImpossibilityChapter 1. You've Got Something Money Can't BuyChapter 2. Mitigating CircumstancesChapter 3. We Don't Want No Singers, ManChapter 4. The Most Beautiful ThingChapter 5. A Mouthful of Hot RiceChapter 6. Everybody Got TiredChapter 7. The Mistakes are the Only Part That's JazzChapter 8. No Chord is Better Than the Wrong ChordChapter 9. We Need You to Control HimChapter 10. Keep SmilingAppendix AThe Voice, the Scat, the VocaleseAppendix BThe LyricsAppendix C The Wisdom and PhilosophyDiscography