Mandy Todd is a trained musician and Director of Music and the Arts at a First Congregational Church in Colorado Springs. She has always liked having a sense of personal control, evidenced by her love or organization and to-do lists. So jazz really messes with her head. In this candid conversation, Mandy talks about how jazz has influenced her and taught her valuable life lessons.

Check out the Blue Like Jazz book and film.

See article All That Jazz for further insight on life lessons fro jazz.

Also see Letting Go for lessons from trapped monkeys.