Previously unheard ‘savory’ jazz collection discovered

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Jazz aficionados have long spoken of an unrivaled collection of the greatest jazz musicians from 1930s, including Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Coleman Hawkins. Now, a collection of their greatest live recordings have been discovered and stored at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York. We talk with Loren Schoenberg, the curator of the museum.

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