Grand Opening Day: October 18 and Beyond

Scott Thompson is Assistant Director of Public Relations for Jazz at Lincoln Center, and has penned the liner notes for Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and Weather Report's 8:30. He has also contributed to Down Beat, Jazz Times and Jazziz.

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Published: October 29, 2004

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Making three events happen simultaneously in three separate types of performance facilities, 'live' before a national audience...and it went off without a hitch. Perhaps we had a little help. Duke was looking down smiling. Satchmo was, as always, smiling. Bird was smiling. Trane was smiling. Dizzy was smiling. October 18, 2004, was a great day for jazz.

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