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Super Bowl's Jazz History

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Marc Myers
Feb 02, 2015
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Yesterday's Super Bowl was amazing—perhaps the most astonishing finish in NFL history. But the halftime show was a bit of a disappointment. A little too playful and silly for me, and not nearly enough intensity or drama. Which reminded me that in the early years, the Super Bowl halftime show was a modest, jazzy affair. The turning point came in 1993, wh…

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