Aidan Levy has written a just-released book on living legend Sonny Rollins that deftly chronicles the life and music of the great tenor player and does so with an honest eye. Perhaps its greatest strength is evoking the times he has lived (and continues to live) through and actually himself had a huge hand in... Continue Reading →
The paucity of Black journalists who write about jazz has been tackled with insight and honest observations by journalist and author Willard Jenkins in a new book that comes out December 2 called Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story (Duke University Press). Some of these issues have been discussed... Continue Reading →
When a music lover reads a book about music, they want to be able to feel the bass in their bones, hear the trumpet wail in all its tinny glory and absorb the hot vibes pulsing off sax, all to a sassy and brassy vocalist. Add in time-tripping and you have an idea of the... Continue Reading →
Debbie Burke - jazz author 
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