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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

In the 1950's and early '60s....the JAZZ scene in NYC around Times Square was where it "was happening". Jack Teagarden
owned the Metropole and two blocks away was the famous haunt....BIRDLAND.

As college kids, we used to frequent these two places. I saw Teagarden, Gerry Mulligan, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie,
George Shearing and an unforgetable performance by Gene Krupa.

I wish I had a "Time Machine" to bring back those great moments.

TED Z