Supernova in Waiting
Elena Pinderhughes, poised on the threshold of stardom.
Let’s begin with a story. Just over seven years ago, I convened an especially sharp edition of The Year in Jazz at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. My esteemed fellow panelists — Michelle Mercer, Eugene Holley, Jr. and Giovanni Russonello — spent a brisk 90 minutes conversing about th…



