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Young People's Concerts: Jazz

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Marc Myers
Nov 18, 2016
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In early 1964, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic staged a series of Young People's Concerts at Lincoln Center that married storytelling with different forms of music, including classical, jazz and folk. The point was to narrate original children's stories on stage while the New York Philharmonic and guest musicians illustrated the drama.


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