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George Avakian and Louis Armstrong
George Avakian with Louis Armstrong during the recording of the album Satch Plays Fats, 1955.Photograph by Guy Gillette. Image ID: 5640626George Avakian's lifelong friendship with Louis Armstrong began...
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Podcast #122: Laurie Anderson on Melville, Opera, and Mystery
Subscribe on iTunes.Laurie Anderson is one of the great pioneers of American art, combining and redefining various media, including film, music, spoken word, and performance art. She has collaborated...
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President Obama's 2016 Summer Playlist
President Obama released his official Summer 2016 Playlist via his Twitter feed @POTUS this past Thursday. The thirty-nine track listing features a mix of classic jazz standards, popular music genres...
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The Florence Foster Jenkins Scrapbook
With the release of the latest film starring Meryl Streep, many people are discovering Florence Foster Jenkins. Long known to many of those involved with music, Jenkins is generally viewed as a society...
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Anahid Ajemian and George Avakian Produce Music For Moderns at Town Hall, 1957
Anahid Ajemian, Duke Ellington, and Dimitri Mitropoulos in a promotional photograph for the Music For Moderns series, spring 1957.During the 1950s, the producer George Avakian, director of both the...
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