Meeting Your Heroes
Meeting Your Heroes Share Mentorship is a vital tradition in music, especially in jazz. An excellent role model was the late Bob Cranshaw, whose life I am researching for my graduate thesis. I want to share a little bit about what I’ve learned and how mentorship played a big part in his life. Those who knew and worked with Cranshaw had the utmost respect and admiration for him. Because he was so extraordinary, it is tempting to think of him as a singular, monumental figure. Though he was one of a kind, he wasn’t always a giant of music. Cranshaw was once a young musician trying ...