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On Andy Bey, the NEA, and International Jazz Day

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Apr 30, 2025
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Jazz Appreciation Month is drawing to a close, and we find ourselves suspended between celebration, contemplation, and lament. I’ll try to keep it all in balance.

A Coda for Andy Bey

Andy Bey at Central Park SummerStage, for the 2015 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. (Jonathan Chimene)

Andy Bey, who died on Saturday at 85, was the kind of singer who could make…

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