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Dan Morgenstern - The Changing Face of Harlem (1976) Savoy

The Changing Face of Harlem (1976) Savoy

The Changing Face Of Harlem
The Changing Face Of Harlem


Dan Morgenstern Grammy Award for Best Album Notes 1976

Read his award winning essay from 1976:
The Changing Face Of Harlem - Complete Album Notes 1976

(text searchable transcript created and provided for research and education under a National Endowment for the Arts -Art Works grant # 1807859-31 “Reminiscences of NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern”)


No one knows Harlem Jazz, the way it was, and has become, better than Dan Morgenstern. He lived it. Dan lovingly remembers the swing, the "jump", and the bebop of Harlem in this wondrously detailed listing of Harlem Jazz from the early Savoy sessions.