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Correspondence: Sign Of The Times

Judith Schlesinger writes about one manifestation of a trend that is not confined to New York.

For many years, the Blue Note club in NYC, except for Monday night fill-ins, was pretty much booking people who could call themselves “jazz artists” without anybody snickering or throwing things.

Until now. On September 20, which is not a Monday, the Blue Note “jazz” club will feature… Kenny G.

OK, it’s a Tuesday, not a weekend. And one night only. But still.

Dr. Schlesinger is a contributor to All About Jazz. Her book The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius, will be published in December.

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