Sunday Feature: A Portrait of Val Wilmer

Jazz writer, social historian, acclaimed photographer - over six decades, Val Wilmer has become 'a world figure in the history of African-American musical culture'. Her books, articles and photographs delve deep into the minds, lives and politics of jazz's most famous exponents - John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus - as well as countless unrecognised men and women who have shaped African-American culture since the 1950s. Includes contributions from Margaret Busby, Paul Gilroy, Richard Williams, Andrew Cyrille and her brother Clive Wilmer