Jazz News You Can Use: May 7th 2011

Screen shot of the Elements of Jazz Twitter PagePeople have asked me over the last few years, "Just what the heck do you do on Twitter?" To some, Twitter is a bizarrely random universe where friend or foe can post 140-character virtual notes to the world.

Yes, that's it in a nutshell. (smile) But, Twitter is so much more than that. Whether it's a struggle against suffocating governments or the raid on Bin-Laden's compound in Pakistan, the Twitter community is always there giving us first-hand commentary and real-time photos of the action.

So, what does Twitter have to do with jazz?

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