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T+D, July, 2003

For many people, Ken Burns's documentary Jazz was their first taste of the art form (Kenny G doesn't count), but the series only touched on its earliest performers. There's a lot of great music from the 1920s and 1930s that gets overlooked by most jazz fans but creates a passionate following for those in the know.

RedHotJazz.com www.red hotjazz.com provides essays, biographies, and an impressive list of streaming tunes from the early years of jazz. I challenge anyone who can't find at least one tune that will set those toes a tappin'.