D.D. Jackson

Living Jazz Columns

From July 2002 through August 2008 I wrote a column that came out every other month in DownBeat magazine called “Living Jazz”, about my life at the time as a jazz musician in the context of jazz as a living, breathing art form.

Here are some of my favorite articles:

Screenshot of the original published 'Unlocking Eternal Melody' column in DownBeat magazine
The original published column in DownBeat

“Unlocking Eternal Melody”

January 2006

“Life in the Baby Lane”

May 2006

“Wisdom of the '35-50' Set”

September 2005

“Courting the Now”

May 2005

“When Things Go Wrong”

January 2005

“Yes And-ing”

November 2004

“The Next Coltrane”

November 2003

“Making the Connection”

May 2003

“Jazz and Vulnerability”

September 2002

“Just a Bunch of S&*t”

July 2002

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