CONTENTS 

THE JAY WINNERS-5th Annual Intl. Critics' Poll   13 

DON EWELL: A Quiet Giant by George Hoefer   22 

SHAMinterview by Pauline Rivelli   27 

RENAISSANCE IN FLOWER by Gene Sculatti   30 

INROADS OF A FALSE ASSUMPTION by David C. Hunt   38 

DEPARTMENTS 

JAZZ & POP MAILBOX   8 

WHAT'S HAPPENIN'   10 

JAZZ AND POP TOP 20   11 

LIKE A ROLLING STONE by Ralph Gleason   20 

SOUNDINGS by Nat Hentoff   21 

THE SCENE by Frank Kofsky ft the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour film location 33 

JAZZ & POP/EDUCATION by Charles Suber   36 

POP TALK   39 

RECORD REVIEWS   40 

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Cover photos: FRANK ZAPPA courtesy Verve Records; DUKE ELLINGTON courtesy Joe Gla-ser; JOHN COLTRANE by Bob Thiele; ERROLL GARNER courtesy MGM Records; ELLA FITZ-GERALD courtesy MGM Records; BEATLES courtesy Ren Grevatt Associates.

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