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Dennis Stock Lenny Bruce Performing 1959
“A lot of people say to me, “Why did you kill Christ?” I dunno…it was one of those parties that got out of hand, you know. We killed him because he didn’t want to become a doctor, that’s why we killed him.”
#OnThisDay in 1939, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins recorded Body and Soul, playing an advanced improvisation that helped redefine jazz history.