Spring 2020 Jerry Jazz Musician Newsletter

June 3rd, 2020

Jerry Jazz Musician, Spring 2020 Newsletter

In This Issue

A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Spring, 2020 Edition

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“The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around him.”

―Dylan Thomas

…..And, there are many good and often powerful poems within this collection, one that has the potential for changing the shape of a reader’s universe during an impossibly trying time, particularly if the reader has a love of music.

…..33 poets from all over the globe contribute 47 poems. Expect to read of love, loss, memoir, worship, freedom, heartbreak and hope – all collected here, in the heart of this unsettling spring.
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Featuring the art of Martel Chapman

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Interview with Maria Golia, author of Ornette Coleman: The Territory And The Adventure

Ms. Golia discusses her compelling and rewarding book about the artist whose philosophy and the astounding, adventurous music he created served to continually challenge the skeptical status quo, and made him a guiding light of the artistic avant-garde.
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(photo of Ornette Coleman by Francis Wolff/© Mosaic Images)

Reminiscing in Tempo: “Life during the time of isolation and social distancing”

Creative artists and citizens of note respond to the question, “During this time of social distancing and isolation at home, what are examples of the music you are listening to, the books you are reading, and/or the television or films you are viewing?”

(“Red Meditation” painting by James Brewer)

Veryl Oakland’s “Jazz in Available Light”

In this edition of photographs and stories from Mr. Oakland’s book, Frank Morgan, Michel Petrucciani/Charles Lloyd, and Emily Remler are featured
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(photo of Michel Petrucciani and Charles Lloyd © Veryl Oakland)

Book Excerpts

Complete introductions are excerpted from Philip Clark’s Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time, and Maria Golia’s Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure

Jazz History Quiz # 138

Shortly following their famed 1938 Carnegie Hall performance, Benny Goodman’s drummer Gene Krupa left the band to start his own. Who replaced Krupa as Goodman’s drummer?
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(photo of Gene Krupa by William Gottlieb/Library of Congress)

“Charles Ingham’s Jazz Narratives”

Ingham’s seven volume series connects time, place, and subject in a way that ultimately allows the viewer and reader a unique way of experiencing jazz history
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(“Watching the Sea” is a photo narrative by Charles Ingham)

In the Previous Issue

Interviews with three outstanding, acclaimed writers and scholars who discuss their books on Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Cole Porter, and their subjects’ lives in and out of music. These interviews – which each include photos and several full-length songs – provide readers easy access to an entertaining and enlightening learning experience about these three giants of American popular music.

Coming Soon

A summer collection of poetry; an interview with Philip Clark, author of Brubeck: A Life in Time; new editions of “Jazz in Available Light” and “Pressed For All Time”; the winning story in the 54th Short Fiction Contest; a new Jazz History Quiz; book excerpts; and lots more in the works…

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