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A New Yorker at Large on Greenwich Village and Jazz
A longtime Greenwich Village figure plays a violin on Eighth Street steps each Sunday drawing little coin alms. The piece reflects on jazz as art, noting Gershwin’s King of Swing and guest conductors Fino Rapee and a Radio City ensemble. It also mentions the Waldorf Astoria Russian staff under General Lodijensky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
New York
Manhattan
Eighth Street
Greenwich Village
Brownstone
George Gershwin
Philharmonic
Lewisohn Stadium
Fino Rapee
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Radio City Music Hall
Waldorf- Astoria
Lodijensky
Raphaelj
Stronin