Title: Side man
Description: Side Man is the comic and tender story of Clifford, a young man who looks back on his family life. Prior to leaving home, Clifford reconciles the role that he has long played as parent to his parents. Smoothly gliding between present and past, it tells the story of a time before The Beatles and Elvis, when jazzmen were as heroic as ball players and there was no shortage of Saturday night gigs.

Side Man is both a tribute to the men whose lives were their music and a sober look at a family drama left in the wake of that passion.
Subjects: Drama, Jazz musicians, New York, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, general
Places: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)