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Finalist for Best Jazz Book of the Year Award from the Jazz Journalists AssociationThe things that I have; Irsquo;ll give to you. This is my legacy with you; Albert. This is my last hoo-rah. So begins the autobiography of Jonathan David Samuel Jonesmdash;or as the world better knows him; Papa Jo Jones. Playing with Count Basie and his orchestra when they exploded out of Kansas City in 1936 and took the world by storm; Jones went on to inspire generations of jazz drummers; but until now few have had access to his own remarkable story.Rifftide presents Jonesrsquo;s inimitable life and opinions; as originally told by Jones to the prominent jazz historian and novelist Albert Murray and now transcribed; arranged; and introduced by Paul Devlin. Drawn from fourteen tapes recorded over eight years beginning in 1977; Rifftide is an impressionistic series of riffs and tales by Jones: his life as a musician on the road in segregated America; his outstanding solo career following his years with the Basie band; and his interactions with iconic artists and cultural figures of the time; including Ralph Ellison; James Baldwin; Langston Hughes; Duke Ellington; Louis Armstrong; Bill ldquo;Bojanglesrdquo; Robinson; and Satchell Paige.A true American original and jazz luminary; Papa Jo Jones bedazzled and intrigued many with his outrageous; volatile personality and his innovative drummingmdash;and nowhere does his fierce intellect and humor shine more marvelously than in his lifersquo;s telling. With a fascinating introduction and annotations by Paul Devlin and an afterword by Phil Schaap; jazz historian and longtime friend of Jones; Rifftide reveals a man at the forefront of both a whole new form of music and a country in the midst of incredible turmoil and opportunity. As Jones himself puts it: Listen man; Irsquo;ve had a hell of a time . . .