Tom Smith believes that in the 2020s, jazz has sacrificed its principles to embrace social conformity. In six volumes of criticism, he explained those concerns with hundreds of essays. But still the lost cried out: "Please don't chase so many tangents. Let us have your rants and nothing more. Explain simply (but intelligently) what is wrong, so jazz may ascend beyond niches that imprison it." And, so it is done... a stubby red volume of digestible shards... so you may never again be led astray. "The man who wrote this book needs a hug." -American Institute of Psychiatry "Tom's last book was so popular we made a second copy." -The Publishers "I love little red books." -Mao Tse Tung "The Hunter S. Thompson of jazz criticism." -Nat Hentoff (actual quote... really)