Sheets of Sound--Jaydn DeWald « Kenyon Review Blog
Jeff Alessandrelli February 11, 2021 With the Covid-19 pandemic, there have obviously been dozens of books that haven’t received the shine they might have under normal circumstances. One in particular that I’ve enjoyed is Jaydn DeWald’s essay collection Sheets of Sound, out via the UK press Broken Sleep. Discussing the author’s background as a skateboarder, as a jazz musician, as a reader, teacher and writer, Sheets of Sound lovingly meanders across 239 pages. DeWald writes how “[i]n jazz, the listener is a voyeur, not an addressee. I believe the same is true for a lot of writ...
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