StLJN jazz site of the week: Jazz Beyond Jazz

The StLJN jazz site of the week is Jazz Beyond Jazz, the blog of veteran jazz journalist Howard Mandel. A Chicago native and expert on that city's avant-garde musicians, Mandel is now based in New York, where he teaches at NYU, appears on National Public Radio, and serves as president of the Jazz Journalists Association.

He also is the author of several books - the most recent being Miles Ornette Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz - and has written for all the major jazz publications as well as many general interest magazines and newspapers. You can check out Mandel's online musings at www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyonjazz/.