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(x) GIANTS AT PLAY: 1940S JAZZ JAM SESSIONS
Billie Holiday sings her standard, “Fine and Mellow,” accompanied by James P. Johnson on piano and others during a 1942 jam session in Gjon Mili’s studio. // Duke Ellington smiles at the piano as Dizzy Gillespie (seated behind Ellington) and others swing, 1942.

(Source: sniffleheim)

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