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In this issue of Jerry Jazz Musician
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Gary Giddins
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* Gary Giddins on cultural criticism and Natural Selection, his new collection of essays on music, film and literature
Also:
* Fats Domino biographer Rick Coleman
* Joanne Seiff is the 15th winner of the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest. Her story is called "A Prayer For Swift and University"
* "The Versatility of Music" is the second column by Accent on Youth writer Zach Ferguson
* "9 23 99: Coltrane Notes on the Millenium," a poem by Michael S. Harper
* 16 poets write about jazz on the Jerry Jazz Musician poetry page
* In cooperation with The Jazz Image author Lee Tanner, Jerry Jazz Musician presents "Masters of Jazz Photography," this issue featuring the work of Herb Snitzer
* Heroes...We all had them. Mantle, Mays, Satchel Paige, Wonderwoman, Davy Crockett - even Pippi Longstocking!
Excerpted from exclusive Jerry Jazz Musician interviews, our guests talk about theirs...
* Drummer Winard Harper is featured on the Today's Artists page
* In 1959, this bandleader toured Europe with a group originally put together to play for Harold Arlen's show Free and Easy. Who is he?
Play Quiz Show!
* From the archives...David Amram celebrates his friendship with Jack Kerouac in a July, 2002 Jerry Jazz Musician interview
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Plus...Reminiscing in Tempo, Conversations with Gary
Giddins, Quiz Show, Great Encounters, Accent on Youth, Heroes, Poetry, Short Fiction, Think About It, ArtBeat,
Catalog of Cool, and more...
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Jerry Jazz Musician interviews are a great source of entertainment and information, featuring noted historians, biographers, critics and musicians who take on the topics of Ralph Ellison, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Jack Johnson, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Richard Wright, the Civil Rights Movement, the influence of jazz on American culture, and many others. Visit our Interview page for access to this content.
From our
previous issue
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Blowin' Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics
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* Blowin’ Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics brings to the fore jazz’s most vital critics and the role they have played not only in defining the history of jazz but also in shaping jazz’s significance in American culture and life.
Author John Gennari discusses his book, described by Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn author David Hajdu as "groundbreaking and essential."
Also:
* Gary Giddins on jazz festivals
* Joshua Prager, author of The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
* "Sonny Stitt" is the debut column by Accent on Youth writer Zach Ferguson
* "10'S & THINGS," a poem by Michael S. Harper (in memory of Carmen McRae)
* In cooperation with The Jazz Image author Lee Tanner, Jerry Jazz Musician presents "Masters of Jazz Photography," this month featuring the work of Bob Willoughby
* Pianist Jim Pearce is featured on the Today's Artists page
* When this bandleader temporarily retired in 1936, key members of his band became the nucleus of the first Woody Herman Orchestra. Who is he?
Play Quiz Show!
* From the archives...An Online Story of Jazz in New Orleans: With an introduction by Nat Hentoff
Coming Soon
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* Alex Halberstadt, author of Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus
* Ralph Ellison biographer Arnold Rampersad
* A new Short Fiction Contest winning story
* A new edition of "Reminiscing in Tempo: Memories and Opinion" -- Which three or four songs best epitomize the era of the civil rights movement? featuring prominent authors, musicians and celebrities. (Thanks to W. Kim Heron for the question suggestion).
...and lots more in the
works...
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* Short Fiction Contest Details
* Jerry Jazz Musician back issues
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