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Storied piano from the Village Gate now serves as the house piano in Connecticut jazz venue

Pianist Ted Rosenthal playing the Steinway Mode M piano at the Westport, CT VFW hall in late February.
Jon Kalish
Pianist Ted Rosenthal playing the Steinway Mode M piano at the Westport, CT VFW hall in late February.

There’s a jazz scene in Westport, Connecticut that takes place every week at a VFW hall. WBGO's Jon Kalish reports the non-profit Jazz Society of Fairfield County has been bringing world class jazz artists to the venue and one of the appeals of the gig is a piano on the bandstand with a rich musical legacy.

Next week we’ll have a second report on the Jazz Society of Fairfield County and how it’s turned a VFW hall in Westport, CT into a jazz venue.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.