The editors of the Journal of Jazz Studies welcome new managing editor, Jeff McMillan, and thank former managing editor, Evan Spring, for his years of dedicated service.

Editor Henry Martin remembers jazz music theory scholar, pianist, composer, friend, and former Journal of Jazz Studies editorial board member, Steven Strunk, who passed on February 20, 2012.

Journal of Jazz Studies Editor, Ed Berger, reviews Ricky Riccardi's 2011 biography of Louis Armstrong, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years.

Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Michael Cogswell reviews Terry Teachout's 2009 biography of Louis Armstrong, Pops.

Johnny Hartman biographer, Gregg Akkerman, reviews South African singer Sathima Bea Benjamin's life story as related in Musical Echoes:South African Women Thinking in Jazz, by Carol Ann Muller and Benjamin.

This bibliography compiles articles of interest in jazz music scholarship that were published in 2009 or 2010 and appeared in journals not specifically dedicated to jazz study.

The close collaboration between Chick Corea and Paco de Lucía shows a clear example of the connection between jazz and flamenco. The release of Corea’s My Spanish Heart (1976), an explicit approach to the Latin and Spanish musical spheres, and…

A recent book by jazz musician Randall Sandke strongly criticizes jazz writers and scholars for presenting a biased and misleading picture of jazz history. His basic thesis is that, because of ideology, the standard jazz texts exaggerate the importance of…

In jazz improvisation, the meter of the original theme is strictly preserved, and the middleground harmonies are maintained, while the original melody is varied freely, especially with respect to its grouping structure—where phrases begin and end. This poses problems for…