All she minded was the gobbling eye, and the unwarned sound of deep belly laughter that chased behind. 2 Freedom and beyond. That was where T-Mo took Salem. He foisted himself into her life, waltzed her straight to liberty. There is a magical quality about a man who steps through ...
whether it was “West End Blues” (one of his late-’20s masterpieces) or some trivial tune like “Jeepers Creepers.” This was symptomatic of another line he never cared to draw--between jazz and pop music. Nor did he make racial distinctions in his hiring policy. He had a close frien...