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Newly Published
on Jerry Jazz Musician
* An interview with David Margolick, author of Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink
* The fourth edition of Reminiscing in Tempo: Memories and Opinion, in which Sheila Jordan, Phil Woods, David "Fathead" Newman, Eddie Daniels, Ken Vandermark and others answer the question, "What do you remember about your first experience buying a record album or CD?"
* The announcement of the "Accent on Youth" essay contest winner(s)
* Hope Payson of Winsted, Connecticut is the eleventh recipient of the Jerry Jazz Musician New Short Fiction Award. Her story is called "Stalking Bella"
* Jerry Jazz Musician and Excellent Experiences at Morgan Stanley present "The Art of Jazz," a collection of paintings, photographs and sculpture celebrating the "Soundtrack of the American Century," and featuring the work of William Gottlieb, Nancy Ostrovsky, John Leon, Clifford Bailey, Jazzamoart, and others. The traveling exhibit is currently on display in the San Luis Obispo, California offices of Morgan Stanley
* Adam Unsworth is featured in "Today's Artists"
* This pianist played with the likes of Wes Montgomery, Eric Dolphy and Benny Goodman, but is best-known to the public for his gig with Doc Severinsen's Tonight Show band. Who is he?
Play Quiz Show!
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* From the archives...Miles Davis biographer
John Szwed -- a 2003 interview
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Plus...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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From our
previous issue
* An interview with Sam Cooke biographer Peter Guralnick
* The third edition of Reminiscing in Tempo: Memories and Opinion, in which Herman Leonard, Jane Ira Bloom, Ingrid Jensen, David Liebman, Lalo Schifrin and others answer the question, "What recording session do you wish you could have witnessed?"
* The competition deadline for the "Accent on Youth" essay contest has passed. Gary Giddins and Dee Dee Bridgewater are the judges who will determine the next columnist.
Read the Entries
* An interview with Tommy Dorsey biographer Peter Levinson
* In the twenty-third edition of Great
Encounters, Brian Priestley, author of Chasin' The Bird : The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker, writes about when Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker played 52nd Street
* "Remembering Ray Barretto," by David Amram
* "Let the Lady Sing," a poem by Patrick Kennedy
* Vocalist Carmen Lundy is featured in "Today's Artists"
* Art by Cliff Warner
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Coming Soon
* An online history of jazz in New Orleans...Photos, music and rememberences of early 20th century Storyville
* Charlie Parker biographer Brian Priestley
* New Orleans musicians Devin Phillips and Mark DeFlorio on life before, during and after Katrina
* "Reminiscing in Tempo: Memories and Opinion" --
What are five books that mean a lot to you?, featuring an all-star cast of contributors from the music and literary world
...and lots more in the
works...
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* Jerry Jazz Musician back issues
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