For 30 years, our next guest has been researching and participating in the music industry in South Carolina, in particular, the jazz and blues scene. And that work has led him to author a few books on the subject, all while staying busy as a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at the University of South Carolina.
Mike Switzer interviews Ben Franklin V, author of Commentaries on Jazz Musicians and Jazz Songs: A History of Jazz in Retrospect, Jazz and Blues Musicians of SC: Interviews with Jabbo, Dizzy, Drink, and Others and most recently, An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians.
