Sitting In
A jazz writer and amateur drummer turns temporarily pro on the
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Jazz Today
Poet and critic, WHITNEY BALLIETT reminds us that with the advent of the tape recorder and the long-playing record, jazz, which is the most evanescent of modern music, becomes a permanent part of our musical library. A native of New York now in his twenty-eighth year, Mr. Balliett joined the editorial staff of the New Yorker shortly after his graduation from Cornell.