Jazz strikes a resonant chord in the life of senior editor Thomas Sancton, who reported and wrote this week's cover story on trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis. A native of New Orleans, Sancton studied the clarinet with some of the city's veteran musicians and began sitting in on French Quarter jam sessions as a teenager. Since moving to the Big Apple, he has continued to play occasional gigs at local night spots and in the studio. Last month G.H.B. Records released Tom's seventh album, New Orleans Reunion, a collection of traditional blues and standards that he recorded with a clarinet-drum-piano trio.
Sancton's...