Working: Meet an Artist Who Writes Comics About Jazz

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🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	How have they done enough?
0:01.6	Can they pull it out the bag?
0:03.6	Does the ref have a clue?
0:05.6	When you're shouting at the screen, blow your whistle!
0:10.6	There's no feeling like live TV.
0:13.6	However you watch, a TV licence is your must-have pass
0:17.6	to over 400 live TV channels.
0:19.6	And it also funds the BBC, such TV licence.
0:23.6	Loopt.
0:25.4	Woo!
0:36.6	We've listened to music and had a lot of comics as well.
0:42.6	I think comics is a great tool for education.
0:45.6	It's a great symbolic constaner that can stand for anything.
0:49.6	container that can stand for just about anything.
0:59.9	Welcome back to Working. I'm your host, June Thomas.
1:03.3	And I'm your other host, Nate Chanin.
1:06.3	Nate, it is so nice to see you again. Tell me, who's
1:09.4	voice did we hear at the top of the show?
1:11.5	That is Dave Chisholm, an acclaimed graphic novelist who specializes in stories about jazz,
1:18.4	rooted both in research and his own experience.
1:22.8	So it. He is a jazz musician who also draws comics about jazz music and musicians.
1:29.0	That is correct. He's an expert with a highly specific niche, but I dare say even if you're not
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