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\u003Cp\u003EI may be prejudiced because he’s been my friend for 40 years, and my roommate for two of them, but I think Todd Barkan is one of the great keepers of the flame for jazz. He opened and ran the beloved Keystone Korner for ten years, and later built Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola from scratch into the venue it is today. Now a freelance club producer, Todd’s tireless efforts are the subject of this Wall Street Journal article by Pia Catton.\u003C/p\u003E
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Inside New York’s Jazz Loft
The tape findings in W. Eugene Smith’s Manhattan loft \u2014 thousands of hours of conversation and jazz sessions, among a diverse community of jazz giants \u2014 have been a daunting project to catalog and identify. Get lost in these four one-hour radio shows and experience Manhattan and jazz at a creative apex.
-Michael Cuscuna
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Bernie Glow: Lead Trumpet Extraordinaire
I didn’t have the chops to be a trumpet player, but my futile youthful attempts to master the instrument did teach me to respect lead trumpeters. Back then, one memorably named trumpeter kept appearing on records I picked: Bernie Glow (1926-1982). Thanks to this 1969 article from the New Yorker by William Whitworth (revived by Bret Primack), I now know who Bernie Glow is. So should you.
(Bernie Glow appears second from the left in the photo, courtesy jazzontherecord.blogspot.com )
-Nick Moy
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Will This be Home for the Jazz Gallery?
The Jazz Gallery, on the far west side of lower Manhattan, was one of the places that seemed a throwback to the ’60s and ’70s - humble and exhilarating. It was a second-floor walk up with folding chair and a small stage in a somewhat desolate part of town. But the musicians were cutting edge and the audiences thrived on the music. Now zoning has forced a move to 1160 Broadway, north of the Flatiron Building, which one hopes will become The Jazz Gallery’s permanent home when all its fund raising is done. Larry Blumenfeld’s article explains more.
-Michael Cuscuna
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