The Compassion of Jazz chronicles the career of Jim Cassell , a native Californian born in la Jolla, as he navigates his way from student to sailor to hippie to political activist with the United Farm Workers in their unionizing efforts in the 1970s.
And from there, based on his lifelong love of music instilled in him by his mother, into a career as a promoter and manager for major jazz, latin jazz, and blues performers including Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez, Sergio Me.
Regent Press The compassion of jazz: my incredible life in music & the movement, paperback/jim cassell
