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Annual Ranny Reeve Jazz Festival to take place Friday in Kings Park

Thursday February 14, 2013 6:03 PM By Lauren R. Harrison

Improv jazz legend Ranny Reeve, 86, plays the

Photo credit: Daniel Brennan

“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!”

That’s what 87-year-old jazz composer and piano teacher Ranny Reeve of Coram says about his enduring love of the genre. His commitment to keeping jazz alive and teaching residents of Kings Park prompted the Kings Park Heritage Museum to name its ongoing jazz celebration of Black History Month after Reeve last year.

The Ranny Reeve Jazz...

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