Working: Meet an Artist Who Writes Comics About Jazz

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🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week, host Nate Chinen talks with Dave Chisholm, a jazz trumpeter who writes graphic novels about jazz musicians. His previous publications include Chasin' the Bird: A Charlie Parker Graphic Novel and Enter the Blue. His next book, Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound, will be released in November. In the interview, Chisholm talks about how he uses the visual language of comics to explore the musical language of jazz and about the challenges of writing a book about a figure of the significance and complexity of Miles Davis. After the interview, Chinen and co-host June Thomas discuss ways in which elements of music theory and practice can be applied to writing and share some pop-cultural pet peeves. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Chisholm names three essential Miles Davis albums and three mind-blowing graphic novels Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Zak Rosen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0	I teach a lot of music and I teach a lot of comics as well.
0:44.0	And I think that comics is a great tool for education.
0:47.0	It's a great like symbolic container that can stand for just about anything.
0:58.0	Welcome back to working.
1:00.0	I'm your host, June Thomas.
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