Jazz Anecdotes By Bill Crow

Reading the book “Jazz Anecdotes,” by Bill Crow; it really gives the picture of what some of the first jazz musicians went through. This book introduces the jazz world as it really is. Throughout the book the stories reveal struggles, learning and teaching from one musician to another, discrimination, life on the road, and success. The different kind of characters and personalities is what makes this book interesting and come alive. In some of the stories of the book you sense personal and career struggles. First of all some of the musicians did not know how to read music because they either came from poverty or didn’t bother to learned how. Though a musician needs good ear to play jazz it was possible for him to be illiterate and still