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Eden Abhez: The strangest hit songwriter
He wrote one of my favorite songs, but was so much more than a composer
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The Blue Collar Jobs of Philip Glass
I praise his work as a composer—but also as plumber, taxi driver, steel mill worker, and in other trades
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How Miles Davis hired John Coltrane
A fascinating interlude from James Kaplan's new book '3 Shades of Blue'