W. Royal Stokes has written about jazz and blues for such
publications as Down Beat, JazzTimes, and The Washington Post and
hosted the public radio shows "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say"
and Since Minton's. He is the former editor of Jazz Notes, the
quarterly journal of the Jazz Journalists Association, and author
of The Jazz Scene, Swing Era New York, and Living the Jazz Life.
He
lives in Elkins, West Virginia.
"W. Royal Stokes is sensitive to the range of experiences of people
who have 'grown up with jazz,' yielding a fascinating,
often-surprising, kaleidoscope of life stories. Organized as a
history of the present, Stokes interviews the jazz musicians he
hears at the turn of the 21st century, and invites them to relate
how they 'got there' from a wide variety of historical, social,
cultural, and national trajectories. It is so refreshing to see so
many women
musicians included in a jazz book that isnt ear-marked
'women-in-jazz.' Clearly Stokes 'gets it' that women are already in
jazz!" --Sherrie Tucker, Associate Professor at the University of
Kansas, author of
Swing Shift: All-Girl Bands of the 1940s
"Royal Stokes, an expert interviewer, has assembled a truly amazing
cast of characters here, illuminating his conviction that jazz has
become a global phenomenon. Surprises are in store for any and all
interested in the music and its makers."--Dan Morgenstern, Director
of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University and author
of Living with Jazz
"W. Royal Stokes's Growing Up With Jazz is a rich and insightful
book about the making of jazz. Spanning generations, with a mix of
old heads and young stars, this book shows through its series of
autobiographical testimonies just how enduring and how profound the
jazz tradition is."--Gerald Early, Professor of English and African
American Studies, Washington University, and author of Miles Davis
and American Culture
"W. Royal Stokes is sensitive to the range of experiences of people
who have 'grown up with jazz,' yielding a fascinating,
often-surprising, kaleidoscope of life stories. Organized as a
history of the present, Stokes interviews the jazz musicians he
hears at the turn of the 21st century, and invites them to relate
how they 'got there' from a wide variety of historical, social,
cultural, and national trajectories. It is so refreshing to see so
many women
musicians included in a jazz book that isnt ear-marked
'women-in-jazz.' Clearly Stokes 'gets it' that women are already in
jazz!" --Sherrie Tucker, Associate Professor at the University of
Kansas, author of
Swing Shift: All-Girl Bands of the 1940s
"Royal Stokes, an expert interviewer, has assembled a truly amazing
cast of characters here, illuminating his conviction that jazz has
become a global phenomenon. Surprises are in store for any and all
interested in the music and its makers."--Dan Morgenstern, Director
of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University and author
of Living with Jazz
"W. Royal Stokes's Growing Up With Jazz is a rich and insightful
book about the making of jazz. Spanning generations, with a mix of
old heads and young stars, this book shows through its series of
autobiographical testimonies just how enduring and how profound the
jazz tradition is."--Gerald Early, Professor of English and African
American Studies, Washington University, and author of Miles Davis
and American Culture
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