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Newsbits: William Hooker / Sun Ra’s Class / New Book on Jazz and Poetry / Alexander Hawkins

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English: American jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman

Jazz Right Now reviews the new William Hooker release.

A lecture and reading list from Sun Ra‘s 1971 Berkeley course is available.

Brent Hayes Edwards’ new book Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination, which covers Ornette Coleman and Henry Threadgill, is reviewed.

Alexander Hawkins‘ new release is reviewed.

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