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Black Music Sunday: Celebrate the changing seasons with autumn music The autumnal equinox and first day of fall is being celebrated Sunday, and I’ve got autumn tunes running through my head. Though there is music that celebrates the pagan holiday and harvest festival of Mabon , I’ll be exploring tunes that have become jazz standards, in both instrumental and vocal forms today. Some of them are wistful, others are celebratory. They are all evocative of change. ”Bla… |