Not Bad For Fill-Ins
John Hammond had already established his reputation as the talent scout/ producer who discovered Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie when, in 1938, he floated the idea of presenting jazz,...

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   Folk, blues and gospel, three of America's greatest vernacular music genres, have been inextricably linked since their inceptions and share many common themes. Blues and folk music originally evolved as social, community-based forms, while gospel, naturally, came from the church. Eventually, sacred and secular musicians found themselves using melodies, lyrics and story lines that were almost interchangeable, and, staring in the late 1950s, sharing stages at folk festivals around the...
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