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Why Jazz: Part 2

By Monk Rowe | Jazz Backstory
February 7, 2023
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The "rich jazz musician" oxymoron is the focus of Part 2.

Billy Bauer

guitar
1915 - 2005

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Bauer,

Ellis Marsalis

piano
1934 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Ellis Marsalis,

Marshall Allen

saxophone, alto
b.1924

" data-original-title="" title="">Marshall Allen and others address the issue of money, or lack thereof, that is an ever present concern in the jazz life.

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