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• ... that The Mississippi Rag has been reporting on traditional jazz and ragtime music since 1973?
• ... that Wingy Manone's "Tar Paper Stomp" was used as the basis for Glenn Miller's "In the Mood"? (Manone pictured, right)
• ... that the real name of drummer Mel Lewis (pictured, left) was Melvin Sokoloff?
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