The Sound I Saw is a long-awaited publication of a masterwork by photographer Roy DeCarava, conceived and made by hand as a prototype in the early 1960s but remaining unpublished for nearly half a century. Presented as a stream of 196 soulful images interspersed with DeCarava's own evocative poetry, the book is the printed equivalent of jazz. It captures the deep, rich tones of New York and the jazz scene, presenting images for the head and the heart. The work explores themes of people, jazz, and subjective individual experience, featuring portraits of iconic musicians like Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, as well as scenes of daily life in Harlem.