about my new book I’ll be speaking about the legacy of Billy Strayhorn on The Barber Shop Show hosted by Richard Steele, live from Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood at noon Friday Nov 6 2015 (rebroadcast 3 pm Sunday) on WBEZ ChicagoPublicMedia.org. Needledrop & video-viewings of Ornette, Old and New Dreams and their world — I’ll vj […]
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Howard Mandel
I’m a Chicago-born (and after 30 years in NYC, repatriated in 2014) writer, editor, author, arts reporter for National Public Radio, non-profit organization consultant and videographer — a veteran freelance journalist working on newspapers, magazines and websites, appearing on tv and radio, teaching at New York University and elsewhere, specializing on culturally oriented media and […]
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The Makers of Jazz Beyond Jazz
Over the course of three decades, I’ve been privileged to get behind the scenes and meet heroic creators of jazz as well as up-and-comers, innovators and exemplars of many other genres. Please enjoy these archival interviews and articles.

