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Harlem Friend, Lillian Leach Passes (video)

Posted on April 28, 2013 by | 4 Comments

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Lillian Leach (center in photograph) sounds like the name of a fictitious character, maybe a femme fatale from a comic book or a relative of the Munsters. Continue reading →

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The Ghosts of Harlem: New Book By Hank O’Neal

Posted on June 21, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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ghosts_harlemMusic producer, author, photographer and former CIA agent, Hank O’Neal has plenty of experiences from which to draw inspiration. It would be easy to assume that it was O’Neal’s stint as a spy that gave him the ability to walk into Harlem homes of jazz legends and come out with amazing stories and photographs. However, it is more likely that it was O’Neal’s love of jazz, knowledge of music and easy-going personality that made 42 musicians pour out personal tales that became The Ghosts of Harlem: Sessions with Jazz Legends (Vanderbilt University Press, July 2009).

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