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Chicago’s Mass Transit circa 1950, The Green Hornet enroute on South Wabash Avenue.

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A nice picture of the enormously talented Ms Fitzgerald.

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Speaking of talented, Dave Laczko

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George Gershwin at the piano at home, ca. 1926

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“When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.”
Dmitry Shostakovich

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David and Igor Oistrakh, September 1938

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Hamid Drake from Festival Sons D’Hiver

Uncredited image

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Strong composer-beard energy there

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For the bass freaks, this is the Mitsubishi Dialtone D160, the largest subwoofer ever built. 60" and 800kg. It can easily shatter windows and produce small earthquakes that can ve felt like ground vibratuins within 2 kilometer range.

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Fun!

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Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935)

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Benny, Sonny, and Thelonius.

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That was a great day.

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Miles Davis at Paris’ Orly airport anticipating his upcoming ’66 Salle Pleyel Jazz Festival gig, courtesy Christopher Rose.

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The original Merry Prankster, Ken Kesey, photo Jim Marshall.

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Drummer Ronnie Gardiner was born in Rhode Island, 1932, and would go on to play with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Gerry Mulligan and Dexter Gordon…
It’s perhaps his story of playing with Charlie Parker - on a train of all things - which sticks in the memory most!
He recounted the story a few years ago to French magazine Jazzhot:
"I went to New York, at 19, to study. I was there from 1951 to 1955. I even played with Charlie Parker, on a train, coming back to New York! This was in 1951. He was with his wife, Chan. I ran into him, and we started talking. Then some soldiers recognized him and asked him to play. He took out his saxophone and asked me if I had my sticks. I said yes. Then he asked me my name and said, “Sit down next to me, we’ll play together.”

[ cropped & edited photo of Charlie Parker, public domain via William Gottlieb]

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Eddie Chamblee, Dinah Washington, the one and only Pops