http://netvouz.com/narky/tag/burns?feed=rss narky's bookmarks tagged "burns" on Netvouz http://www.amazon.com/Celebrating-Bird-Triumph-Charlie-Parker/dp/0306808927 I had a wonderful time reading this book. It's more of a *long* essay than it is a book. The writing is excellent, and there are lots of wonderful photographs interspersed within. I don't know if it really matters, but for what it's worth I read part of this book while sitting at a table at Birdland on 46th Street in NYC waiting for my favorite up and coming piano player, David Epstein, to return from break to play another set. I have three books by Gary Giddins and like him so much I'm going to buy more of his books. By coinicidence I saw a video recently on the life of Charlie Parker, and it used many of the same photographs that were used in this book. I am not aware of a tie in between the two products however. In conclusion, this book was enjoyable and Lifestyle > Music > Books narky Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:28:53 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margo_Jefferson Jump to: navigation, search Margo Lillian Jefferson (born October 17, 1947) is a theatre critic at The New York Times. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University, where she graduated cum laude, and her MS from Columbia University. She became an associate editor at Newsweek in 1973 and stayed at the magazine until 1978. She then served as an assistant professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at New York University from 1979 to 1983 and from 1989 to 1991. After that she taught at Columbia. She joined the NY Times in 1993 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.[1] She had started as a book reviewer.[2] Educational > Writing > Writers narky Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:27:14 GMT