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  • Clockwise from top left: Mezz Mezzrow, Louis Armstrong, Milton Ebbins, and Count Basie
    Clockwise from top left: Mezz Mezzrow, Louis Armstrong, Milton Ebbins, and Count Basie
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    All That Jazz

    Jews and Blacks mingled easily in the American music scene of the 1940s and ’50s because they had much in common, and because it was fun

    byLarry Tye
  • Rafi Malkiel with his aguaphonium.(Photo: Sandra Kratc)
    Rafi Malkiel with his aguaphonium.(Photo: Sandra Kratc)
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    H2Blow

    In producing Jewish music, trombonist Rafi Malkiel found inspiration in water

    byAlexander Gelfand
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