Annette Johnson, has been a lifelong jazz fan. 

She has traveled in North America, Europe, and to Africa, deepening her jazz appreciation with each new encounter, with musicians from all backgrounds.

She holds a graduate degree and a special place in her heart for the written or spoken word, and for music. 

She hopes you will be delighted with this book and its wonderful interview and photographs, and keep it as a collectors' item. 

She met Freeman in Paris in 1993, and he agreed to an interview which became this book. 

Freeman was one of the last surviving members of the bebop era and she was very grateful for the information and jazzitude™ Freeman gave her during her interview.

A Jazzman's Tale is a story of love at first sight and is quite funny in places and will make the most jaded laugh. At the same time, this screenplay is a love letter to jazz and a great first time read for any reader wanting to deepen their jazz appreciation. 

She hopes that you, the reader, will get that jazz feeling as you read, maybe even get more of a jazzitude™ to life's surprises, joys and sorrows - listen to your own drumbeat, solve your own issues, in your own way, by yourself and in your own time. 

Make jazz fun again!™