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The Life You Give: Carmen McRae *1920
Carmen McRae, born April 8, 1920, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., is the jazz vocalist and pianist who from an early emulation of vocalist Billie Holiday grew to become a distinctive stylist, known for her smoky voice and her melodic variations on jazz standards. Her scat improvisations were innovative, complex, and elegant. McRae studied classical piano…
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A week with a lemon tree
There is a curiosity which the quotidian awakens in me whenever I eat – known, or unknown – whenever I take a camera to hand, and often while thinking – on diffuse nothings, or questions of depth. There is the simplicity, on one hand, no matter how deep my thoughts might go, and there is…
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The Life You Give: André Previn *1929
Known as a successful classical conductor, jazz pianist, and composer of jazz, classical, and film music, André Previn frequently bridged the gap between popular and so-called “serious” music, and in doing so broadened the horizons of both. A German-American who fled Nazi Germany with his family in his youth, he went on to win four…
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