Do American dialects include American music?

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>> bent and 'blue' notes were common in Jewish music
>
> So, *that's* how come Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Stan Getz, Dave
> Brubeck, Shelley Manne, Rene Bloch, et al. could dig jazz!
>
And don't forget George Gershwin!

LH

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