To the editors: Unlike Dempsey Travis, I was not in Chicago in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s to experience–and participate in–the vibrant jazz scene of those days. So in order to provide a background for my book review last week (May 7), I made use of some facts he presents in his rich and vivid […]
Author Archives: Michael Solot
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Reading: It’s Really Gone, Man
Jazz will survive–like opera and epic poetry have survived. But the world that made it, the source of its energy, is never coming back.
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Reading: Notes on the End of Art
You might regard the prospect with disquiet, if not alarm, but critic-philosopher Arthur Danto is delighted.
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Reading: Voices From the Lost City
Joseph Mitchell’s stories pang us twice–once for the old-timers who lost the New York of their youths, and again for ourselves, for the loss of a world that Mitchell took for granted.
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Reading: You Are What You Snort
The affinity that any particular group has for its particular poison is a subtle expression of its self-image and aspirations.