Episode 1: Introduction

The Jazz Loft Radio Series by The Jazz Loft Radio Series

Oct 30, 201500:11:29Arts

Few people in history had as much access to the greatest jazz musicians of our time as W. Eugene Smith. The famous LIFE magazine photographer moved in 1957 to a rundown, bohemian loft on 6th avenue, in the heart of Manha...

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