In Memory Of
J.D. Salinger,
1919 - 2010
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Think About It
"To some will come a time when change itself is beauty, if not heaven."
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869 - 1935
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Today's Gift Idea
Lithographs and Giclees by Barbara Freeman
Chet Baker
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Recently Published
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Larry Tye, author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
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David Robertson, author of W.C. Handy: The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues
W.C. Handy
St. Louis Blues
, by W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band
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If you could have dinner with three people, who would they be?
Among those participating in the twelfth edition of Reminiscing in Tempo: Memories and Opinion are Gary Bartz, John Scofield, Billy Cobham and Esperanza Spalding
Gary Bartz
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Graham Lock and David Murray, co-editors of Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film and The Hearing Eye: Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Visual Art
The Death of Bessie Smith, by Rose Piper
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In the twenty-seventh edition of Great
Encounters, David Robertson, author of W.C. Handy: The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues, tells the story of Handy's first recording session, and his meeting with James Reese Europe
W.C. Handy
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Marybeth Hamilton, author of In Search of the Blues
Leadbelly
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Karen Karlitz is the winner of the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction contest. Her story is called "No Thanks"
Karen Karlitz
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Jazz: Through the Life and Lens of Milt Hinton: An online photo exhibit
Milt Hinton
Laughing At Life
, by Milt Hinton
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Ben Ratliff, author of Coltrane: The Story of a Sound
John Coltrane
Giant Steps
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Ralph Ellison biographer Arnold Rampersad, on the complex life of the author of Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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In cooperation with The Jazz Image author Lee Tanner, Jerry Jazz Musician presents "Masters of Jazz Photography," this month featuring the work of Jerry Stoll
photo of Pee Wee Russell and Gerry Mulligan by Jerry Stoll
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Up From New Orleans: Life Before, During and After Katrina -- A conversation with transplanted New Orleans musicians Devin Phillips and Mark DiFlorio
Devin Phillips
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An Online Story of Jazz in New Orleans, with an introduction by Nat Hentoff
Jelly Roll Morton
New
Orleans was a free and easy place
, comments by Jelly Roll Morton
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Now in the Art
Gallery
The Art of James Allen
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Willie Mays
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