[Dixielandjazz] James Lincoln Collier

[Stephen G Barbone]

On Sep 14, 2011, at 8:56 AM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com  
wrote:

> Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> (Eric H. wrote)I certainly have no problems with amateur musicians  
>> as such, and have worked
>> with many such people during my career. Some of them were quite  
>> gifted
>> players.
>>
>> But I don?t recall any of them writing books full of twenty five  
>> dollar
>> words.
>
> Perhaps Mr. Collier is a lot smarter?


He probably is A LOT smarter, Marek:

Hamiliton College, his alma mater, is one of the top US colleges for  
above average intellects. After he graduated, and  then finished his  
Army service, his first gig was as a magazine editor. He then, being a  
part of a family of writers and literati,  took up writing as his full  
time day gig.

Jazz Trombone is his part time gig and he is a gifted player. Just  
another outlet for his creativity I guess. But his main generator of  
MONEY is writing.

His most read books are fictional accounts of historical events. Many  
of his books are written for children.

Regarding his writing he has been described as a "master of the  
historical fiction  genre". Perhaps that extended to his biography of  
Armstrong?

He and brother Christopher Collier have co-written many Historical  
Novels (fiction) that are used to teach History. Most famous is "My  
Brother Sam Is Dead" It is one of the most frequently banned book in  
US School Libraries because of the truthful nature of this  
Revolutionary War story, but that's for political chat lists, not  
music chat lists.

In any event, JLC is a writer first and a musician second. Very smart,  
creative guy who like the rest of us, sometime has feet of clay. And  
remember he neither writes nor plays specifically for any one of us so  
let's adopt that famous Bix line: "It doesn't bother me" <grin>

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband