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Jive-Colored Glasses: A Memoir That Tells How A Jazz Critic Got That Way

Source: John Goodman
July 16, 2015

A jazz memoir combined with personal stories, Jive-Colored Glasses tells how critic John Goodman came to jazz as a child from a privileged background and how jazz radically changed his life. Jive-Colored Glasses was published July 8 on Amazon in paperback and ebook versions. It jumped to #5 in Amazon's Best Seller List (for Jazz Musician Biographies). Sales continue strong. See the reviews at the book's Amazon page. One reviewer called John “a perennial freelancer, partly because he's too much ...

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