An interview with Mike Smith about his new book In With The In Crowd: Popular Jazz In 1960s Black America. Plus: a Wayne Shorter-heavy selection of jazz&#8217;s best new releases of the month. The avant-garde has won the battle for jazz history. The performers who were seen as existing on the farthest fringes of the…

Wayne Shorter Lives!

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Wayne Shorter Lives!

An interview with Mike Smith about his new book In With The In Crowd: Popular Jazz In 1960s Black America. Plus: a Wayne Shorter-heavy selection of jazz's best new releases of the month.