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Interview


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Ken McCarthy – Founder of Jazz on the Tube. Ken met Ornette in 1980. He’s the person who found the Rivington school for Ornette and helped liberate his recorded life’s work. Ken and Ornette remained friends to the end of Ornette’s life.

Ornette – 1980


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