"Brubeck sold records by the crate, yet was steadfastly held in contempt by a demographic that could hardly do otherwise.

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"Brubeck sold records by the crate, yet was steadfastly held in contempt by a demographic that could hardly do otherwise. There was something fundamentally tribal about the whole business, as would soon be all too readable in the new sociology of the assembling Sixties pop culture."

West Coast jazz — soft as an accountant, punchable as a sack of feathers — but you've got to love it:

West Coast jazz: soft as an accountant, punchable as a sack of feathers — but you've got to love it

An excerpt from 'Dreaming Music: Adventures in Time, Memory and Silence' to be published next year by Vine Leaves Press — an exploration of why music and memory are best pals

(nickcolemanwriter.substack.com)