Jazz Articles about Art Davis

Art Davis: All That Jazz Ain't All That Jazz

by AAJ Staff
October 14, 2003

By Art Davis Many of us know the history and derivations of this topic. There can be numerous dissertations that I could present but I shall focus on education. All too often, while teaching a jazz history class, I encounter students who think that “Bird" is a famous basketball player. There are still many who think Coltrane is a train that carries coal. Countless other examples exist. Why the fuss about lack of ...