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Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It's part of being American.
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
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New Orleans
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Wynton Learson Marsalis
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Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.
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I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.
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The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship.
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