"All the musicians who are now considered jazz legends played there [Birdland]: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Lester Young, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington, among others. Alterman would have been able to hold his own jamming with any of them…Alterman’s continually evolving presence on the jazz scene surely makes people smile and, if the room is right, dance. There’ll be no need for any last rites of jazz.”
-NAT HENTOFF
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press
Nat Hentoff
“When Jazz Musicians Become Jazz Historians”
MARC MYERS
“Joe Alterman: Comin’ Home”
“Joe Alterman Takes His Seat Among The Greats”
ARTS ATL
Downbeat magazine
“Georgia Sunset” as Editor’s Pick
NAT HENTOFF
“Joe Alterman’s Timeless Jazz”
MARC MYERS
“The Upside of Down”
NAT HENTOFF
“Joe Alterman Strikes a Chord”