All the papers want to know

A roundup of recent Society-related items:

•  "The History of Jazz, by Darcy James Argue" (actually by the New York Observer's Devin Leonard)
• Various blurbs for tonight's show at LPR -- New York Times, New Yorker, Village Voice (& blog), Time Out New York (& blog)... 
• New podcast interview up @ New Amsterdam Records
-- click the "PODCAST" link in the upper-right corner.
• I don't have a copy of the issue yet, but apparently my name appears in this year's DownBeat Critic's Poll, in the "Big Band, Rising Star" and "Composer, Rising Star" categories -- not at the top of the list, obviously, but given the nature of these polls it's nice just to be in the room. Scott Menhinick has more.