Growing up in Atlanta I heard much more blues and bluegrass than jazz music, though I was most excited to learn to play jazz when I was growing up.

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They were animated videos and songs invented by a jazz musician who wanted to help children learn math.

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Ambitious jazz musicians used to have to relocate to big cities with reputable scenes: to learn from elders, collaborate with peers, play on big stages and meet potential financial backers.

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When Barbara Zinn Krieger founded the Vineyard for the 1981-1982 season at its original 26th Street location (it opened at its current home on East 15th Street in 1989), she wanted to start a showcase venue with programs ranging from jazz to theater to opera, providing herself and her friends in the community a place to learn and work.

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