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    Jitterbug Vipers

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    Alberta Hunter

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    The Secret Life of Glenn Gould

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    Zach Lupetin & the Dustbowl Revival

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    After thirty years, music critic Gary Giddins is still listening, still watching, and still… writing a multi-volume biography of your grandma’s favorite crooner, Bing Crosby? Ink 19 sat down with Giddins to talk about the shape of jazz to come.

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