Michael J. West

Washington, D.C.

I'm a freelance contributor to Washington City Paper, JazzTimes, Downbeat, and The Washington Post. My work has also appeared in The Jazz Cruise newsletter, Monterey County Weekly, East Bay Express, A.V. Club (D.C. Edition), Jazz.com, and NPR's "A Blog Supreme." I live in Washington with my wife, Erin West, and our two children.