Aint But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Jenkins Willard

Despite the fact that most of jazz's major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be white men. Ain't But a Few of Us presents over two dozen candid dialogues with black jazz critics and journalists ranging from Greg Tate, Farah Jasmine Griffin, and Robin D. G. No major mainstream jazz publication has ever had a black editor or publisher.

They discuss the obstacles to access for black jazz journalists, outline how they contend with the world of jazz writing dominated by white men, and point out that these racial disparities are not confined to jazz and hamper their efforts at writing about other music genres as well. Kelley to Tammy Kernodle, Ron Welburn, and John Murph. Ain't But a Few of Us also includes an anthology section, which reprints classic essays and