Producer, presenter, journalist, broadcaster, educator, arts consultant, and arts administrator, Willard Jenkins voices his opinion on Bill Anschell's “Careers in Jazz“ article at his blog, The Independent Ear:
Pianist-composer and humorist Bill Anschell (Google this guy and that’s exactly the heading for his billanschell.com web site) recently posted perhaps his most comprehensively dark humor piece yet, at All About Jazz. (It should be noted here that Bill Sent The Independent Ear a copy of the piece at the approximate time AAJ published it, so I had a fall-down-laughing preview.) Titled “Careers in Jazz" the piece pokes fun at the various stages and characters who occupy this often circuitous jazz life, with a particularly wicked, no holds barred look at several tiers of the jazz musician’s life--from wedding band and incidental music jobbers to the relative elite who make records and tours.
