Decades ago, I had a roommate who didn’t like any of my music. I don’t mean just my musical theater albums, which I have always known are a niche taste. This guy didn’t want to hear even the Beatles (“corny”), Prince (“affected”) or Ella Fitzgerald (“old”). If you survey pop music today, his sensibility won. I thought of this while taking in “Hell’s Kitchen” on Broadway, a musical with songs by Alicia Keys.

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Persons: Ella Fitzgerald, “ Porgy, Bess ”, Melissa Etheridge, Billie Holiday, Fitzgerald, Prince, Alicia Keys Organizations: ” Jazz