Author: Tom Nutile
It’s not unusual for ardent fans to venerate their musical heroes and declare them other-worldly in one way or another. “Bird Lives!” was scrawled on building and subway cars in New York City after the 1955 death of jazz icon Charlie “Bird” Parker. Starry eyed devotees of the young guitarist turning blues and rock on […]
It was the late 1970s, and jazz icon Miles Davis had been invited to attend a musical event at the Carter White House. The trumpeter found himself seated next to the First Lady at a dinner immediately following the concert. And what had he done to merit such an invitation, the First Lady inquired, apparently […]
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