Derrick Bang

Thriving on a Riff

Arts & Literature

“Jazz is born of diversity; it requires openness. It’s a shared improvisational thread that can overcome bigotry and unite all who embrace it. In these pages, William G. Carter—who cheekily confesses that he was put on Earth to ‘pray the piano’—rhapsodizes about the timeless euphoria of wholly embracing a transformative jazz performance. He’s a born raconteur; readers from every walk of life will enjoy his sublime gift for sharing the jazz world’s most uplifting and provocative stories, and for gently reminding us of music’s power for spiritual healing.”