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On the Air: Jazz and Beer

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Marc Myers
Jan 22, 2019
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Before beer became the beverage of televised college and professional sports in the U.S., it was most often linked with jazz. For TV and radio beer advertisers of the 1950s, '60s and the '70s, jazz meant good times, letting go and dancing. Perfect for a few cold ones. After my post yesterday on the late Urbie Green and my inclusion of a swinging Schaefe…

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