Mr. Jean my jazz teacher

Welcome to the concrete jungle

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May 16th 2010
I seem to learn something invaluable every time I got to New York, which, luckily, I manage at least once a year. This trip I learned about jazz from a cab driver (thank you Mr. Jean for playing me Wes Montgomery as we snuck along in heavy traffic Friday noonish) and I learned that Christian Loutoutin shoes may cost the Earth, but they pinch and hurt just like any old shoe - and they can't hold a ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more