Thelonious and the Gospel Truth

Check the Wall Street Journal today for my article "'Gospel Truth: The Evolution of an American Musical Tradition," p. W13 in the "Weekend Journal" section (or click above). My conclusion: "the music of Southern Protestantism and the juke box intermingled frequently through the 20th century--as did the musical worlds of white and black Protestants. Of course, the same was not true of the churchgoers themselves."