The Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll

The Playboy Jazz & Pop PollSeveral Years Ago, the late Albert Ayler put out an album called Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe. Those words have stuck in our mind, and we'd like to think they're true. If they are, then music is needed more today than ever, because there's a lot of healing that needs to be done, as anybody can confirm with a glance at a newspaper. Fortunately, there are a lot of musical healers at work. Of course, not all our Pied Pipers are on such a positive trip: Some...