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Leonard Bernstein and the Language of Jazz Marc H. Ellis is a majestic and holyShaping jazz into symphonies and show tunesonly in America Leonard Bernstein's gifts for drama and connecting with popular audiences made him a central figure in twentieth century American music. Though a Bernstein work might reference anything from modernism to cartoon ditties, jazz permeated every part of his musical identity as a performer, educator, and intellectual. Katherine Baber investigates how jazz in its many styles served Bernstein as a