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Posted By: barrysloate

In the late 1970's the New School for Social Research in Manhattan had a class entitled Jazz on Film. David Chertok, who was to jazz film collecting what Barry Halper was to baseball, shared his films with his students. I have never had a better jazz education in my life than the few years during which I saw his collection of jazz performances on film. Simply eyeopening. David was a friend and although he passed away, I know his archive was an important resource for Ken Burns.