Tom Brown has writen a number of essays on certain aspects of jazz that may be of interest to the listener. Click on the links below to read the following:
An Introduction To Essays On Jazz For The Listening Audience A Brief Overview Of Jazz Styles
Choosing The Jazz Style To Teach Listening Skills
The Ways to Listen To Jazz (and enjoy all other art forms for that matter)
Jackie McLean and the Emotional Reaction to Jazz
The Blues Gene
Jazz Critics And Journalists
Who Can Play And Who Can’t Play Arguments
Jazz Dogma – AKA - A Love Supreme, The Pathogenesis Of Ulcers, My Elvin Jones Stories, And, The Orchidectomy Squad Of The Jazz Police
Jazz Audience Advocates, 2006