STORIES
ROLLING ASPHALT
APRIL 1951, NEW YORK
JACK SITS DOWN IN FRONT OF HIS TYPEWRITER, LIGHTS A CIGARETTE, AND TURNS THE KNOW ON THE TRANSISTOR, FROM WHICH ESCAPE THE FIRST NOTES OF A RAGING “BIRD”.
DISCOVER THE STORY OF THE 20 DAYS OF NON-STOP WRITING THAT WOULD IRREVOCABLY SHAKE UP AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY, AND MAKE ITS AUTHOUR A LIVING LEGEND IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.
THE COMMON MAN
AUGUST 1942,
AARON COPLAND RECEIVES A LETTER FROM EUGENE GOOSSENS, THE CONDUCTOR OF THE CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, ASKING HIM TO COMPOSE A FANFARE TO BE PLAYED AT THE OPENING OF EVERY CONCERT IN THE 1942-43 SEASON
DISCOVER THE STORY BEHIND THE COMPOSITION OF ONE OF USA'S MOST MEMORABLE TUNES