Wikipedia's first sentence called it “new york city -based trumpeter”. Today it says “american klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American trumpeter (born 1958)”. It now reads “American trumpeter (born 1958) Musical artist”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars performing in Warszawa in September 2011 Frank London is a New York City -based trumpeter , bandleader, and composer active in klezmer and world music. He also plays various other wind instruments and keyboards, and occasionally sings backup vocals . With The Klezmatics, he won a Grammy award in Contemporary World Music for "Wonder Wheel (lyrics by Woody Guthrie)". He was knighted in 2016, receiving the Hungarian Order of Merit Knight's Cross for his far-reaching influence on the Klezmer music as well as his significant contributions to the preservation of Hungarian-Jewish music and culture.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Frank London is a New York City -based trumpeter , bandleader, and composer active in klezmer music. He also plays various other wind instruments and keyboards, and occasionally sings backup vocals . With The Klezmatics, he won a Grammy award in Contemporary World Music for "Wonder Wheel (lyrics by Woody Guthrie)".
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Frank London´s Klezmer Brass Allstars performing in Warszawa in September 2011 Frank London is a New York City -based trumpeter , bandleader, and composer active in klezmer and world music. He also plays various other wind instruments and keyboards, and occasionally sings backup vocals . With The Klezmatics, he won a Grammy award in Contemporary World Music for "Wonder Wheel (lyrics by Woody Guthrie)".
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American trumpeter (born 1958) Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars playing in Warsaw in September 2011 Frank London (born 1958 in New York ) is an American klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “new york city -based trumpeter”. Today it says “american klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American trumpeter (born 1958)”. It now reads “American trumpeter (born 1958) Musical artist”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
new york city -based trumpeter
Now
american klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music
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