A collection of articles previously published in the "Wall Street Journal" including short takes on lives, deaths, recordings and telling interviews including Merle Haggard, Billy Holiday, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong.
Describes the world of jazz, blues, country, and gospel with information of the lives, deaths, records, and legends of many of the the greats in the music world.
Presents examples of teachers and principals succeeding in difficult public school situations and discusses the politics of education and corporal punishment.
