Returning to Boston after World War II, George Wein was torn. Enrolled at Boston University on the GI Bill, his growing passion for jazz was overtaking his pre-med and history studies. The more gigs George played around town, the more the pianist realized his heart wasn't in medicine or the past. By the late 1940s, George not only was playing jazz but a…
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