It’s never easy for artists and arts institutions in a good economy. The last few years have been particularly hard. We take a look at how complicated it can be to stay afloat. Our in-studio guest is Larry Appelbaum, senior music reference librarian and jazz specialist at the Library of Congress, who talks about the fate of the Savory Collection of jazz recordings.

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AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Click above for the story of how Doug Pomeroy cleaned up and digitized early jazz recordings from the Savory Collection.