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EPISODE · Jan 19, 2026 · 23 MIN

John Gennari: In the Jazz Barn

from The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast · host WPKN, Jim Motavalli

John Gennari's profusely illustrated book The Jazz Barn (Brandeis University Press) traces the history of a short-lived but vital institution in the history of music. Music Inn, in Lenox, Massachusetts near Tanglewood, took jazz seriously and brought musicians to a bucolic setting for teaching, concerts and building bridges to what eventually became the classical-jazz fusion known as Third Stream. With many photographs by Holocaust survivor Clemens Kalischer.

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