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Phil Schaap (1951-2021)

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Marc Myers
Sep 09, 2021
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Phil Schaap, a jazz know-it-all and minutiae maven who put those skills to work to become one of radio's finest and most passionate jazz authorities, detectives and educators, died on September 7. He was 70. [Photo above of Phil Schaap at WKCR in 1991 by John Abbott, courtesy of John Abbott]


Phil was best known in the New York City area for his daily wee…

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