In today's Wall Street Journal, I write about Gary McFarland, one of the most dynamic and charismatic jazz arrangers of the 1960s (go here). McFarland died 43 years ago this week when he consumed liquid methodone at 55 Bar on New York's Christopher Street. It's unclear whether the methadone was slipped into his drink without his knowledge or he was urge…
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