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Nat Hentoff: At the Jazz Band Ball

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Marc Myers
Jun 01, 2010
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Nat Hentoff and I talk often but usually in quick bursts, since we're both always chasing a deadline. What I love most about the dean of jazz journalism is his locomotive energy and kite-flying spirit. Nat, of course, penned some of the most insightful jazz essays and books of the post-war period, including Jazz Is, Listen to the Stories, Journey Into J…

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