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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jazz orchestras in America have dwindled to a precious few. Once a dominant jazz aggregation from the 1920s into the early 1970s, the big band tradition is now largely a museum piece relegated to repertory institutions on the receiving end of sizable donor support. Or they are in the entertainment divisions of the four branches of the military. In all fairness, how else can large instrumental ensembles survive when so many musicians are required on a consistent basis, original music ...
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