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Aaron B. Cohen

Prior to retiring, Aaron was VP of Communications at the Jewish Federation of Chicago. He previously was Executive Editor of Jewish Chicago magazine. He is a past president of the American Jewish Press Association and recipient of its Joseph Polakoff Award in recognition of a distinguished career. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times, Evanston RoundTable, Bloom, and The Fountain and on NPR Morning Edition and Monitor Radio. Aaron loves cycling, camping, and Middle Eastern music.

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“Jazz culture is about being a part of the jazz community and being connected to the history of the music,” says Tom Walsh (above), a professor of music in saxophone and chair of the Department of Jazz Studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. | Courtesy photo

Tom Walsh: The Man Inside the Music

Aaron B. Cohen

Tom Walsh, professor of music in saxophone and chair of the Department of Jazz Studies at the IU Jacobs School of Music, spoke to writer Aaron B. Cohen about the combination of jazz and jazz education, transmitting the culture of music, and the roots of music culture in Bloomington. Read Cohen’s Q&A with Walsh here.