Vincent York at the Gandy

The Force of the alto saxophone

by Piotr Michalowski

posted 8/1/2012

When residents and politicians sing the praises of life in Ann Arbor they usually leave out one important factor: the marvelous jazz educators in our public schools. I think of Mike Grace at Community High, Louis Smith at Pioneer, the late Morris Lawrence at Washtenaw Community College, and others who have taught improvisation and jazz history to generations of

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