Paul Steinbeck wrote the preface to Il marziano del jazz, a biography of multi-instrumentalist and composer Eric Dolphy.
Claudio Sessa's Eric Dolphy biography Il marziano del jazz was first published in 2006. For the new edition, released in November 2025, the publisher Quodlibet commissioned a preface from Wash U music professor Paul Steinbeck.
Il marziano del jazz is the eighth book in Quodlibet's Chorus series of jazz biographies. The Chorus series was launched in 2018 with Grande Musica Nera, Paul Steinbeck's history of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
