Enter the blue

Dave Chisholm, 1981-

Book - 2022

What begins as one woman's search for her own artistic courage unravels into a stunning look into what jazz music can teach out about our search for the truest version of ourselves. For Decades, seasoned players on the scene have spoken in whispered tones about The Blue: a mysterious meeting place for jazz history--a place where ghost from this music's storied past spring to life for those courageous enough to enter it. When Jessie Choi's mentor Jimmy Hightower collapses at a gig and loses consciousness, she finds herself reluctantly pulled back into the jazz scene she abandoned years earlier. In investigating the music and mystery behind Jimmy's comatose state, every thread leads to the same question: Is Jimmy somehow t...rapped in this enigma known as The Blue? In her search to save her teacher, Jessie rubs shoulders with legends, uncovers a conspiracy in the history of Blue Note Records, and faces her own deepest fears. more