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Dan Morgenstern

Dan Morgenstern

Columnist since 2009

Dan Morgenstern is widely recognized as one of America's leading jazz authorities, an honored NEA Jazz Advocate and the director of the Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.

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Published: January 19, 2013

Donald Maggin's memorial service was held September 14 at St. John's Cathedral. There was music by trumpeter Jimmy OwensJimmy Owens Jimmy Owens
b.1943
trumpet
, who also Spoke; pianist Mike LongoMike Longo Mike Longo
b.1939
piano
; pianist Paul WestPaul West Paul West
- 2011
piano
; Ray Mosca, and singer Carla CookCarla Cook Carla Cook

vocal
, with a postlude by pianist Jill McManus. I had the honor of being one of the remembrance speakers. Afterwards, a reception was held at the Columbia University Faculty House, where I discovered yet another musician friend of Maggin's, pianist Connie CrothersConnie Crothers Connie Crothers
b.1941
piano
.

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