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Marian McPartland’s “All The Things You Are”: A Jazz Gem from 1953

Few songs have occupied a more sacred place in the jazz canon than “All the Things You Are.” Written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1939 Broadway musical Very Warm for May, the standard has become a proving ground for generations of improvisers. From bebop innovators to modern pianists, nearly every major …

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