This is a thought-provoking book that addresses a fascinating and still under-researched topic, and will be of great value to scholars working interested in film, television or jazz studies. More widely, though, it will be an engaging read for anybody with an interest in how jazz is represented in the broadcast media, and how this representation can influence our own definitions of jazz.

London Jazz News

A very interesting study that brings jazz studies and film studies together comfortably and in lucid language enlarges the range of both research fields.

Jive Talk

The final study on Jazz 625 is excellent ... Backed up by a full table of transmissions, and with intriguing and fascinating discussion [...] it picks a sensitive and delicate path through critical writing on the subject and explores the ground-breaking series in real depth. For this alone, the book is very valuable.

IASPM@ Journal

Jazz as Visual Language provides three strong case studies, demonstrating in a detailed and nuanced way three case-specific interactions between music on-screen and the different types of audio-visual media analysed here ... It brings together different angles and perspectives in an enriching and inspiring interdisciplinary approach.

H-Net Reviews

Jazz as Visual Language: Film, Television and the Dissonant Image [is] an especially pertinent and timely intervention into jazz scholarship and film theory simultaneously. […] Pillai's written account of jazz and visual media proves transformative in its own right, contributing much to the study of jazz, television and film music studies.

Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media