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Making Life Swing: Jazz on TV and in Other Unexpected Places

Making Life Swing: Jazz on TV and in Other Unexpected Places

Schoolhouse Rock

September 28, 2017March 15, 20196 Comments on Schoolhouse Rock

Nearly four generations of viewers – and their parents and teachers - have enjoyed the catchy songs and lively images of the animated series Schoolhouse Rock. Inserted between the requisite Saturday morning cartoons on ABC, the three-minute shorts taught billions of kids their multiplication tables, parts of speech, and American history. Little known however, is the…

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Jordi Pujol

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Growing up in Barcelona, Jordi Pujol listened to his father’s record collection, which was like a “who’s who” of popular American jazz. “When I was young, my father mostly listened to swing orchestras – Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Les Brown, Glenn Miller,” Pujol recalls. “He also had some records by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lois…

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  • Why Jazz on TV?
  • Alan Kaplan
  • Jordi Pujol
  • Schoolhouse Rock
  • Angela and Chris Levey
  • Grady Tate: 1932-2017
  • Peter Erskine
  • Patrick Williams
  • Bob Dorough: 1923-2018
  • I’ll Remember April: MLS A Year (or so) Later
  • Patrick Williams: 1939-2018
  • Teodross Avery
  • Bobby Rodriguez: The Best Version of Himself
  • Gene Cipriano: Hired “Gunn” Looks Back at Some Very Good Years
  • Harmon Mute… But Not for Long
  • Jack Sheldon: 1931- 2019
  • Terry Gibbs: Something Big
Making Life Swing: Jazz on TV and in Other Unexpected Places
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