Waits: Guthrie’s Heir? Waits: Guthrie’s Heir?

Tom Waits is an imaginary hobo. He cruises the oddball corners of American pop culture, collecting the deft and moving and loopy short takes he sees and imagines there.

May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer

Most Americans don't like instrumental music.

Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

The Dynasty of Mingus The Dynasty of Mingus

For the past year and a half, I've been spending most of my time between 1922 and 1979--the years of Charles Mingus's birth and death, since I'm writing his biography, due to be ...

Feb 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

Ellington Hits 100 Ellington Hits 100

On the eve of the New York premiere of his Symphony No.