Jazz Son

About the Book

In Jazz Son, Elliot F. Bratton makes a powerful contribution to creative Jazz literature. A Jazz scholar, one-time New York Jazz DJ, and practicing Jazzpoet, his poems are celebrations of the Jazz life in all of its spirituality, sensuality, pathos, and joy. There are poems dedicated to several Jazz legends, as well as original lyrics to classic melodies by such composers as John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. Bratton has also included one work of fiction, "The Wider World," a fantasy that takes the idea of the power of music to inspire writers into a different dimension.

About the Author

A native New Yorker from the Bronx, Elliot F. Bratton has written over 300 poems and songs, and over two dozen works of fiction and non-fiction. His poetry and scholarly writings on Jazz have appeared in The Crisis, CODA, Quarto, Cadence, and other publications. He has also presented his poetry at colleges, clubs, theaters, and festivals in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. From 1984-90, Mr. Bratton hosted "Wednesday Out To Lunch," a weekly Jazz program on New York City’s WKCR-FM, where he sometimes read his poetry. He now lives in Mt. Washington, Maryland, with his daughter, Emma.