Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews biographies of two musicians who transcended jazz, and to whom recognition was slow in coming: James P. Johnson, born in 1894, and Alice Coltrane, born in 1937.

Let us acknowledge that the “best” bread is influenced by current fashions. Soft white bread was, for much of human history, ...

We learn that the suburban fantasy is not sustainable, primarily because such a fantasy can only ever be a dream. The reality ...