What is 'cool,' anyway? Maybe it's Warne Marsh, almost totally obscure and penniless, coming in late to a fourth-rate Hollywood nightclub, playing like an angel with a couple of sidemen, but never speaking to or even acknowledging another human being. Carolyn See acknowledgeangelcome share on social
Whenever I open a book about jazz, I turn to the index and look for Lennie Tristano, the incredible pianist; Lee Konitz, the luminous alto sax player; and Warne Marsh, the tenor player who captured some of the most beautiful sounds in the world. Carolyn See altobeautifulbook share on social
I've been at the very bottom of poverty, and it's not so bad. It's even kind of interesting. You can live there with a certain amount of style. Carolyn See amountbadbottom Change image and share on social
Very much as men project weird fantasies on women, the people in New York project weird fantasies on California. Carolyn See californiafantasyman Change image and share on social
If you are in any way squeamish or genteel, skip 'Gillespie and I.' If you'd like to know a little more about the seamy side of the human condition, by all means, pick this one up. Carolyn See conditiongenteelgillespie Change image and share on social
You don't want to burden some poor wretch with the entire story of your life. Carolyn See burdenentirelife Change image and share on social
I'd never heard of Robert Hellenga; I didn't think a book with the name 'Snakewoman of Little Egypt' would hold any appeal for me at all. Carolyn See appealbookegypt Change image and share on social
Life is a matter of courtship and wooing, flirting and chatting. Carolyn See chatcourtshipflirt Change image and share on social
It was in 'Esquire' in the 1970s that I first learned Nora Ephron's recipe for borscht - certainly an editorial first for that manly magazine. Carolyn See 1970sborschteditorial Change image and share on social
'Gillespie and I' is a deliciously morbid, almost smutty story, a compendium of inappropriate wants and smarmy desires. Carolyn See compendiumdeliciouslydesire Change image and share on social
