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Journalist Herb Boyd engaged
a rapt audience on August 26, 2005 via a discussion of his
early years growing up in Detroit, where he and his younger
siblings heard the sounds of jazz and R&B while his
mother ironed clothing. She especially adored Nat King Cole
and Billy Eckstine; Boyd attributes his love for words and
lyrics to his mother, who would bring home old books and
magazines given to her by the white families for whom she
worked as a housekeeper. Boyd, who began writing for Down
Beat in 1969 as a Detroit correspondent, also discussed
his roles as a political activist, an educator, a jazz critic,
a husband, an editor and an author, including the as-told-to
biography of musician Yusef Lateef, slated for release in
September 2005. |