Around this joint we are big fans of the jazz writer Larry Kart and his book, Jazz in Search of Itself. As I've noted in our store section, Kart, who worked at Downbeat and was a longtime reviewer for the Chicago Tribune, “is not just a good critic--he's a very good writer, whether he's discussing Wynton Marsalis and the so-called 'neocon' musicians, Lennie Tristano...
