Eight Forty-Eight for 04.05.12

Eight Forty-Eight for 04.05.12

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Today on Eight Forty-Eight we celebrate the magic of sports through music. Before Richard Steele and Tony Sarabia give us their unique song picks, Boston Globe language columnist Ben Zimmer explains how the word “jazz” travelled from the West Coast to Chicago 100 years ago.