Dan's Den

Sonny Brings the Presents to His Own 80th Birthday

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DAN MORGENSTERN,

Dan Morgenstern

Columnist since 2009

Dan Morgenstern is widely recognized as one of America's leading jazz authorities, an honored NEA Jazz Advocate and the director of the Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.

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Published: October 13, 2010

As another treat, James' violist wife, Valerie Levy, sat in for a couple of numbers—not a jazzer, but a fine melodist making a beautiful sound. James, by the way, enjoyed a longish Broadway run in the Sinatra tribute show, Come Fly With Me, visible on his big-band perch, and audible on a nice intro to "Wave."

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