NOTES ON TIME BEING

I was recently introduced to the music of Derwyn Holder by his girlfriend 
Lia Di Stefano, who created the interesting cover on his disk, Time Being. 
Listen to the disk if you can. It is available from NEEN RECORDS in 
Weehawken and features pianist/composer Holder, saxophonist Sue Terry, 
and bassist Ron Naspo. Holder leans toward the heady as well as lyrical and 
has performed with the likes of Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims and Cassandra Wilson. 
According to Lia, he is focussing more on composing these days.

JAZZ FICTION

I remain amazed at the few outlets for jazz fiction at this time in the literary world. With so many people loving jazz--and many people do--you would think there would be more affiliations in the literary realm. I mean music and the written word are practically synonymous. I would, for example, love to see another anthology celebrating jazz short fiction.

In the meantime, check out www.jerryjazz.com, an award-winning jazz website run by Joe Maita and praised by critic Nat Henthoff. Not only does JJM carry diverse news about jazz and fascinating gifts and ideas, it has the audacity to actually pay writers for their jazz-inspired fiction. See a short story of mine, "So What," published there in 2012. The title comes, of course, from the famous cut on the even more famous Miles' album, Kinda Blue.

Check out Jerry Jazz Musician. Support jazz fiction. Read about jazz.