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Commissioned by the celebrated jazz recording label Blue Note Records, David Chisholm’s new graphic novel Enter The Blue is a whimsical tribute to the origin of the record company and its long history recording many of the most influential jazz musicians—in particular, African American jazz innovators—of the 20th Century. A 12-page excerpt.

Marcel Dzama invites us on a visit to his studio, and explains his love of Moroccan mint tea and "dagger brushes".

W. Royal Stokes has lived a jazz life as unpredictable as the music Chris Richards, The Washington Post Feb. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Jazz critic W. Royal Stokes at a 2005 book reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D..C.Erika HartmannShow MoreShow Less 2of5"The Essential W. Royal Stokes Jazz, Blues and Beyond Reader" is out now.W. Royal StokesShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5W. Royal Stokes. a champion of women in jazz, wrote several profiles of female perfor...

A new anthology compiles decades of music writing from the 90-year-old jazz critic.