(I'm determined to make this one. I got a late start, but I'm already working on Book #3. I'll put that hour-long commute on CalTrain (each way) to good use this year. Will track progress on this faddish 43 things site -- the social networking site with an interesting angle: share what you're doing. )

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(This page isn't doesn't boast a great design, and was updated a while back, but the chart shows the remarkable diversity of jazz, from its roots in the blues and ragtime, through bebop, to fusion and beyond. )

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(Seems like a good place to start. As has been said, Jazz is the only uniquely American art form. This week, the Black History Month blogging will focus on artistic and scientific achievements. )

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(This is too funny, and I'm posting it because of the humor. On the off-off-chance that my boss actually reads this I have to post this disclaimer: I know his salary is well above $90K, so clearly these stats don't apply. )

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(OK, now I'm convinced: Gladwell's gets it, all of it. Anyone who can talk and write so convincingly about all the subjects he does, and then can wax poetically -- and accurately -- on the linuep problems of the New York Knicks, and the merits of the no-huddle offense is a genius. He deals in engaging ways with both the esoteric and the mundane, and that's a rare gift. (b/w Transition Game))

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