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Hugh Hefner's Big Contributions to Jazz

Courtesy of Patty Farmer
Hugh Hefner with Louis Armstrong

Hugh Hefner, who created Playboy magazine and turned it into a media and entertainment giant, has died at the age of 91.

Playboy Swings
Credit Patty Farmer for WBGO News
Patty Farmer is the author of Playboy Swings

In 2015, WBGO's Ang Santos chatted with Patty Farmer, the author of Playboy Swings, the new book that explores the sixty plus year love affair between the iconic Playboy Magazine and Jazz.