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There are many rave reviews of the book from readers and esteemed reviewers who passionately disagree with this review. They will be posted on the website http://www.NYJazzMuseum.com when it is completed in the near future.
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52 Reasons to Read This Book – Jazz History Updated -
1. Why have you never heard of the New York Jazz Museum.
2. Who is the author of this book.
3. How the Ford Foundation saved the New York Jazz Museum.
4. How a 19th-century carriages house in mid-town Manhattan was transformed into the New York Jazz Museum.
5. What the New York Times said about the New York Jazz Museum.
6. How the Today Show helped promote the New York Jazz Museum.
7. How an idea from a former Duke Ellington bassist grew into a unique jazz program for children.
8. How New York State supported the establishment of the New York Jazz Museum.
9. What happened to the Museum’s 25,000-item archive.
10. A day at the New York Jazz Museum with Bill Cosby.
11. What Charles Mingus asked the author to do.
12. What The White House said about our organization.
13. Why famous graphic designer Milton Glaser’s poster donation was rejected by the Museum and how he reacted to it.
14. How Benny Goodman and his estate got entangled in the Museum’s legal machinations.
15. Why the film of a concert at the Museum by the United States Information Agency could not be shown in the United States.
16. What local and national awards were won by the Museum for its programs.
17. Mayor John Lindsay’s expression of support for the Museum and jazz.
18. The Museum’s re-creation of an important event in the history of jazz in New York City.
19. An original musical composition is written about the Museum.
20. The Museum and the Young President’s Organization – a lost opportunity.
21. How Columbia University supported the Museum.
22. How a “kidnapping” saved the Museum.
23. How we purchased a midtown Manhattan building for $5,000 cash!
24. Artie Shaw’s role in the New York Jazz Museum saga.
25. The Museum’s Boards were comprised of a Who’s Who of Jazz.
26. Threats against the author make for serious melodrama.
27. The legal machinations that went on for more than 10 years! - Jazz History Updated
28. The New York Attorney General’s role in the Museum’s history.
29. The Betrayal.
30. How the New York Public Library ended the legal wrangling – Jazz History Updated
31. The dramatic scene that precipitated the demise of the Museum.
32. An embarrassing event at the Museum’s program at the Harvard Club.
33. What Charlie Parker said about music.
34. Which white jazz musician chose to pass as black.
35. Which famous jazz musician was known as “Cutie” in his early days.
36. Which Museum exhibit did the Junior League of the City of New York fund.
37. How did the federal government support the Museum’s educational activities.
38. What President Nixon said about jazz and what he did to help jazz.
39. What the politicians’ said about our organization.
40. Where are Louis Armstrong’s extensive archives and what is being done with it.
41. Why many jazz musicians died so young.
42. What jazz singer was known as “Mr. Five-By-Five”?
43. What musicians said about Louis Armstrong.
44. The background on Louis Armstrong’s Country and Western recording.
45. What Louis Armstrong said about his mentor Joe “King” Oliver.
46. Revealing notes about jazz in New York City and elsewhere during the 1970s.
47. Where the word “jazz” came from.
48. What Duke Ellington said about “modern” music.
49. Louis Armstrong’s thoughts about his fellow musicians.
50. What the jazz community said about Benny Goodman.
51. The Power Struggle – Jazz History Updated
52. Why Mick Jagger was turned away from the Museum
