"To a lively, generously illustrated account of black music in Los Angeles, its author adds a grievous counterpoint of outrage at the causes of so much racial disharmony within that city."–Stanley Dance, author of The World of Count Basie
"Upside Your Head! Serves as witness and testimonial to the endurance of black cultural imagination and community. Most of all the wisdom, passion, wit, anger, and insight which punctuates Otis' testimony gives the book a sense of urgency and relevance to present day social and cultural conditions.""–Herman Gray, author of Producing Jazz
"To a lively, generously illustrated account of black music in Los Angeles, its author adds a grievous counterpoint of outrage at the causes of so much racial disharmony within that city."–Stanley Dance, author of The World of Count Basie