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Free-Jazz Pioneer Cecil Taylor Has Died At 89

Posted on April 6, 2018February 22, 2021 by Libby Torres

Avant-garde jazz pianist and composer Cecil Taylor died at his Brooklyn home Thursday evening. He was 89. A polarizing figure during the jazz heyday of the 50s and…

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‘It Was a Joint’: Jazz Musicians Remember Slugs’ in the Far East

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Frank Mastropolo

Slugs’ Saloon opened its doors in 1964, a neighborhood bar owned by Robert Schoenholt, who died in 2012, and Jerry Schultz. By early 1965, many…

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