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The Importance of Being Your Own Jazz Critic
Miguel is playing a part that Lin-Manuel Miranda not only wrote and originated, but people have heard that version over and over again. They might have listened to the original cast recording thousands of times and seen the Disney Plus version dozens more; they're only going to hear Miguel once probably. The jazz standards tradition means that, you know, people here and maybe judge different artists' performances of the same repertoire as a critic or maybe even just a jazz lover.
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