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January 2, 1965

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RHYTHM IN MY MIND.

Whitney Balliett

PROFILE of Earl "Father" Hines, the consumate pianist & peer of Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Coleman Hawkins. Late last winter he gave a concert at …

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A Saint (Unknown) With Two Donors

Sylvia Townsend Warner

That September morning when Mr. Edom arrived at the Abbey Antique Galleries on St. John Street, Jim Ensor & Herb Lake were waiting with a bulky object in a…

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