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June 1, 2026  

There was a time, not necessarily a happier or better-informed one, when music journalism was a thing. The halcyon days, when there was a trusted, blind-bake relationship among musicians and listeners, and the writer was…

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March 3, 2025

A Carnegie Hall benefit concert, “Thanksgiving Jazz," took place on November 29, 1957, produced by Kenneth Lee Karpe for the Morningside Community Center in Harlem. Voice of America recorded two sets that night performed by…