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Whitney Balliett

Whitney Balliett’s most recent book is Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz, 1954—2001 (August 2003).

‘In a Mist’

The Complete Okeh and Brunswick Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden Sessions, 1924–36

Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings

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by Frederick Turner

August 14, 2003 issue

Mad Genius

God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church

by Caroline Fraser

September 21, 2000 issue

Swing King

Benny Goodman: The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings

Charlie Christian

The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman, 1944-1955

August 13, 1998 issue

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