Email Author Jack Sohmer

1992 Stories by Jack Sohmer

• Critical Conditions

  published August 5, 1992

  Some forms of creative expression never receive the respect they deserve. In humor, it's the clever pun or play on words that, however ingenious... More >>

• Two Far Gone

  published July 22, 1992

  If working jazz musicians had to depend on audiences consisting of only intensely serious record collectors and historians, professional critics,... More >>

• Collecting Their Thoughts

  published June 3, 1992

  Just like every other species that has survived through natural selection, so has the collector of jazz recordings. Contemporary observers claim... More >>

• Getting High on Benny's

  published May 13, 1992

  To those born within the past 30 years or so it must come as a stunning shock to learn that rock did not always rule the land, much less demand... More >>

• Jazz Hole

  published May 6, 1992

  While the thought of actually listening to a real jazz band doing what it does best might seem to be the biggest drag imaginable to the majority... More >>