AFTER I FINISHED MY ESSAY SERIES, JAZZ IS A BASTARD, in February, mnartists.org asked me to continue writing for them regularly about music in the Twin Cities and nationally. I am very happy about this — I like to play music most of all, but as a close second, I like to thinkabout it. And given the forum, I like to talk and write about it, too.
The Walker and mnartists.org commissioned the previous essay…