Connie’s White World, Sam Newsome brings the rhythm of the
bandstand onto the page. These stories unfold like a live set—lyrical,
unscripted, full of swing and surprise.
A Harlem busker wrestles with wasted potential in the subway tunnels.
A jazz pianist fights to defend her sound against the policing of
authenticity. A househusband-turned-trumpeter learns that domestic
blues can weigh heavier than his actual horn. Again and again, these
characters return to the question jazz has always asked: Who are you
when the horn is inside the case?
With prose as sharp and soulful as a Db flat blues, Newsome explores
the uneasy marriage of art and identity, the seductions and betrayals of
the music life, and the quiet ways people improvise survival once the
spotlight fades. These are not just jazz stories. They are human stories
—told in the key of truth, with the tempo set to swing.
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