Jean Dijtch was a music obsessive. He loved sharing the music he collected and recorded. In 2004, 50 years after that recording session, he went on New York Public Radio to promote a new book of his cartoons. The recordings Jean Dijtch made in 1954 are the ones we're listening to now. And as I always say, started a slow burn that has now become a raging fire.
The life of musician Connie Converse easily reduces down to one of those Hemingway length sad stories: Before Dylan there was Connie Converse and then she disappeared.
In his new book “To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse” Howard Fishman gives us the complete tale. We meet up with Howard and learn why this incredible musician just couldn’t catch a break in 1950s New York City, and why he is devoted to her life and art.
You can get a copy of Howard’s amazing book wherever books are sold or use this link