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// 2 decades ago
Psychologists prepare shrink-in-space plan
Officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are concerned enough about the possibilities of mental illness emerging among astronauts during long space missions the agency has contracted with researchers to devise programs to help people
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// 2 decades ago
Jazz Condition -- UPI Arts & Entertainment
The secret to getting the most out of the modern-day JVC Newport Jazz Festival involves arriving on time each day -- or even a bit early -- and moving around fr
Odd News
// 2 decades ago
Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Swing-era pianist Jess Stacy was born this day in 1904 in Cape Firardeau, Mo. He started out playing piano and steam calliope on Missouri riverboats before landing in Chicago in the mid-1920s.
Odd News
// 2 decades ago
Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Drummer Jack DeJohnette was born this day in 1942 in Chicago. He began playing piano when he was 4 and didn't take up the drums until age 18.
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// 2 decades ago
Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Singer Eddie Jefferson was born this day in 1918 in Pittsburgh. He was the pioneer of vocalese, the artful practice of creating lyrics to fit recorded instrumental solos on classic jazz tunes. Jefferson died in May 1979 after he was shot in front of a Det
Odd News
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Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Tenor saxophonist Corky Corcoran was born this day in 1924 in Tacoma, Wash. He was a soloist with the Harry James orchestra in the 1940s.
Odd News
// 2 decades ago
Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Jazz and pop instrumentalists and singers have been playing "Misty" ever since this day in 1954. This was the day pianist Erroll Garner first recorded his most famous composition for Mercury records.
Odd News
// 2 decades ago
Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Charli Persip, one of the foremost bop-style big band drummers, was born this day in 1929 in Morristown, N.J.
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// 2 decades ago
Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges was born this day in 1907 in Cambridge, Mass. Hodges was just 20 and still living in Boston when Duke Ellington signed him to replace Otto Hardwicke in the center of the Ellington saxophone section. Bandmates nicknamed Hodge
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Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world
Pianist, jazz educator and arts producer and broadcaster Billy Taylor was born this day in 1921 in Greenville, N.C.
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