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The Buzz: The JJA Podcast

Brad Stone speaks with authors Philip Watson and Kenny Werner

June 01, 2023 • The Jazz Journalists Association • Season 1 • Episode 23

From the JJA's March 26, 2023 online Book Bash, Bay Area-based radio show host and educator Brad Stone, member of the JJA's Book Committee, speaks with authors of two books nominated for 2023 Jazz Awards --

Philip Watson of Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist who Changed the Sound of American Music
Kenny Werner, pianist and author of Becoming the Instrument: Lessons on Self-Master from Music to Life --

introduced by Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association.

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