Riding On A Blue Note the invention hunters "I come from a country

"I come from a country that was created at midnight

shedding a revealing light on current hostilities

Their challenge: a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete

Jake Titus is too rich

foreign policy

Riding On A Blue Note the invention hunters "I come from a countryGary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows us among many other things how performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions . . . how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from