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Article: Wiley A. Hall, 3rd: Who `owns' jazz music?
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- August 10, 1996
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Wiley A. Hall
Baltimore Afro-American
08-10-1996
Wiley A. Hall, 3rd: Who `owns' jazz music?.
John Tegler launched his show "Jazz Straight Ahead" on Morgan State University's WEAA0-Radio 10 years ago this October. His guest on that first show was his friend, jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie.
"Diz went out of his way to be on my show, which gives you some idea of the type of man he was," remembers Mr. Tegler. "He had just celebrated his 70th birthday and so my first question to him was `How does it feel to be 70?' Well Diz laughs and says, `Whoa! I thought I felt bad when I turned 60!"
Mr. Tegler chuckles a bit.
"Diz had a tremendous sense of humor," he continues. "I often thought he could have been ...