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Leonard Bernstein and the Language of Jazz Marc H. Ellis The analyses are illustrated throughoutShaping 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