A fantastic limited edition hardback book by Joshua Thomson (Umbrella Vinyl) documenting the contribution of Commonwealth musicians to jazz in Britain between 1948 and 1968. 

Part discography, part guidebook ‘Jazz Explosion’ is an overview of the contribution of Commonwealth jazz musicians to jazz in Britain in the post-war period. Looking specifically at three key players: Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott, South African pianist Chris McGregor and Indian guitarist Amancio D’Silva.

It tells the story of those musicians and their contemporaries through 70 records and 70 maps showing the development of the music and the international networks through which jazz flowed.