Jazz for Dummies, 2e,

Dirk Sutro,

Wiley Publishing, 2006

386 pages.

About the Author 

Dirk Sutro  is a writer  and jazz lover based  in Encinitas,
California.  He’s  covered  jazz  for more  than  20  years.
As  host  of The  Lounge  on  KPBS-FM  public radio  in  San
Diego  from 1999  to 2004,  Dirk interviewed  jazz musicians
including  Arthur  Blythe,  Don Byron,  Holly  Hofmann,  Lee
Konitz, Mundell Lowe, Bennie Maupin, Steve Lacy, Joe Lovano,
Charles McPherson, Sam Rivers, and  Mike Wofford. He was the
jazz critic  for the  San Diego edition  of the  Los Angeles
Times from 1988 to 1992 and is the author of two books about
architecture: West Coast Wave: New California Houses and San
Diego  Architecture from  Missions to  Modern. He  currently
serves as  program promotion  manager for the  Department of
Music at  the University  of California,  San Diego.  He’s a
graduate  of U.C.  Berkeley (BA  in English)  and San  Diego
State University (MS in Mass Communications).


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