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By Keefer Apr 20, 2021 In no particular order, a list of some of the best songs celebrating marijuana. Thanks to High Times, Rolling Stone, Udiscovermusic, and my own music collection. Fats Waller: ‘If You’re A Viper’ Perhaps the earliest, coolest (and most famous) reefer song in jazz, this was originated by gypsy-jazz violinist Stuff Smith in 1937 and was later cut by a host of others, most famously (though a female singer, Rosetta Howard, did it before him). Everybody shared the dream ...

(1) SHERMAN OAKS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 23, 2021 / "I Dont Want to Make History," the title and lyrics of the song by Leo Robin, describes the checkered history of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in regard to the star awarded to lyricist Leo Robin on the Hollywood Walk of Fame more than 30 years ago but never installed. This controversy arises because the Hollywood Chamber is not honoring the decision made by the 1990 Walk of Fame Committee to award a star to Leo Robin. Leos long-lost st...

James Sanders will shed some light on two late great violinists when he presents Dark Angels of the Violin: Jazz Legends Eddie South and Stuff Smith on March 15. The free virtual presentation by the violinist and jazz violin faculty member at the Music Institute of Chicago is part of the Music Institute’s Jazz Lecture Fall Series as well as its Beyond the Stage: Musicians on Music series.