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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?

2004