France gets "Women in Jazz"

"Largement plébiscité par la presse et les lecteurs anglophones, cet ouvrage sur les femmes et le jazz n’est pas encore disponible en français. Cependant, il se lit facilement. En France, on connaît le travail précis de la chercheuse Marie Buscatto sur le sujet. Pour la zone anglophone, qui couvre aussi bien les USA, le Canada que le Royaume-Uni (pour ce qui est des témoignages), c’est Sammy Stein qui maîtrise le champ d’étude. La journaliste et autrice y travaille depuis longtemps et sur plusieurs supports : presse, radio etc."

See the full interview here.

Rolli's "Liz" in the Saturday Evening Post

Charles Anderson (Rolli) author of Mavor's Bones, and Plum Stuff writes a short story for the Saturday Evening Post. Read it here:

See his latest series of cartoons "Pepper... and Salt"  in the Wall Street Journal here.

Jazzwise Magazine reviews Sammy Stein's "Women in Jazz - The Women, The Legends & Their Fight" 

A review of Sammy Stein's "Women in Jazz- The Women, The Legends & Their Fight" in this month's Jazzwise Magazine.

Jane Cornwell writes,
“Women in jazz: see them? Like, really ‘see’ them? They’re there, and working hard – and out of necessity, harder – to pursue their passion on a playing field that is still shockingly uneven… Jazz remains stubbornly anachronistic, asserts Stein in the intro to this timely book. Disagree? It’s all here, beautifully written, eloquently argued, clear-eyed in its intentions and open in its invitation to come one, come all and sort it out. Jazz is given loose definition and historical context, with an illuminating chapter on New Orleans now and then. We’re re-introduced to pioneers: Melba Liston, whose complex arrangements made Dizzy’s musos gasp. Bessie Smith, buried in an unmarked grave until female fans arranged a headstone. Hazel Scott, targeted by McCarthyites in 1947, and a singer who advised Billie Holiday to “never let them see you cry”. Interviews with today’s women in jazz document challenges faced – from the male gaze to unsisterly women – and rewards reaped. Firsthand accounts from the likes of Terri Lyne Carrington, Georgia Mancio and Claire Martin are elucidating...”
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'All About Jazz' features Sammy Stein's latest book "Women in Jazz"

"All About Jazz" features "Women in Jazz: The Women, The Legends & Their Fight": 

"New book celebrates the women of music, shares their journeys and gives them voice."

See the feature here.

Darren C. Demaree's collection NUDE MALE WITH ECHO examines and challenges male vanity, power, and expectation. While exploring the place of his gender in this world, Demaree's attempt to expand upon the expectations of "what makes a man," while drilling down into the artistic framework provided by the body and aging, provides a new landscape for these modern questions.

NUDE MALE WITH ECHO, Demaree's thirteenth full-length collection, utilizes fresh language, energy, and abstraction…

Author Talk: In Nietzsche's Footsteps

Jonathan Cohen will be reading from his "In Nietzsche's Footsteps" today at 15:00 at the Abramson Center for Jewish Life,

Abramson Center

Jan. 9, 2020, 15:00

1425 Horsham Rd,

North Wales PA 19454, 

Sammy Stein's "Women in Jazz" featured in Japan's "Portrait in Jazz"

Japan's "Portrait in Jazz" reviews Sammy Stein's "Women in Jazz". See the review here. (You can google translate the page if you need to.)

Twoxism is an invented word for all things two — among them, love, life, friendship, and relationships.

What began as a poem-photo collaboration project between two life-long friends — Maria Haro, a visual artist, and Claudia Serea, a poet — resulted in a refreshing lyricism of urban photography and poetry. TWOXISM is a work that finds beauty in unexpected places and sees the mundane with redemptive eyes. A city love story, tender and gritty at the same time, it ex…

"Women in Jazz" mentioned in JJA's Notable & Worthy List

Royal Stokes, Founding member of the Jazz Journalist Association lists Sammy Stein's "Women in Jazz" in their 2019 Notable & Worthy List. See the full list..