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The Sopranos Adolphe Sax Lou Reed

Getting it down to one performance is a pretty tall order, but I'm very happy with what's already been chosen. The Davis/Coltrane/Garland/Chambers/Philly quintet are the tops for me, too and I don't have to be persuaded about the supremacy of "Ko Ko" and "Embraceable You". I'll just introduce a variant by saying my ultimate track is also from the"Ko Ko" session and is an incomplete warm-up for "Ko Ko" on "Ko Ko"/"Cherokee" changes called "Warming Up a Riff". The atmosphere is totally relaxed, musicians are heard calling out and laughing and the music is electric as Parker blows his heart out. Anyone know it?

Well, Bird certainly dug Grainger's "Country Dances"! Take my word for it - Lincolnshire Posy is a totally different animal than "Country Gardens." Grainger himself came to hate that piece so much that he had two fee levels on his concert tours. He charged one fee if he didn't have to play "Country Gardens" and a considerably higher fee if he did have to play it.

Arthur Dove Bill Stickers Coo Stark

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Freddie Mercury The Gospel Clefs Smashing Pumpkins Andrew Mellon Quincy Jones Dennis Lemon

Well, Bird certainly dug Grainger's "Country Dances"!

Here's a little list: Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451 Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake Kasuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go Cormac McCarthy, The Road If you want the grand-daddy of dystopian future books, you might consider We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It was written in 1921, though it saw publication in English and French long before it was published in Zamyantin's native Russia. There are some sci-fi themes but not too much (apparently they eat a petroleum-based diet that killed off the majority of the population when it was introduced!). Anyway, Orwell said it was definitely an influence on 1984, and he thought but couldn't confirm that Huxley was aware of it as well. Yes, I've read We. Bit fragmentary, but fascinating as a source for Orwell and possibly Huxley, as you say.

Eddie Cantor George Gallup Robert Bolt

Stravinsky, L'histoire du soldat Ravel, String Quartet Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentales Bartok, Mikrokosmos Bartok, String Quartets 5 and 6

Johnny Ace Ben E King Alvin Queen The Card Johnny Diamond Cecil Sharp

Jack Potts Sooty & Sweep Donald Trump

Winston Green Al Klink Eddie Locke

Here's a little list: Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451 Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake Kasuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Asimov, The Complete Stories Vol 2

Harold McNair Joe Harriott Aunt Harriet

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/21/charlie-parker-julie-macdonald-sculpture Unfortunately, the online version of this Guardian article omitted the photo of the sculpture which appeared in the newspaper. I haven't been able to find it on the internet, but recall seeing it in a book on Parker.

King C Gillette John Stubblefield The Hairy Bikers

How do you pronounce... The Jinks Michelle Weeks Anita O'Day Jimmy Noone Captain Nemo Mr X

Mr Mytzplk Mitzi Gaynor Wilton "Bogey" Gaynor

The Kinks Bengt Hallberg Sade

Puff the Magic Dragon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Audrey Tatou

Chuck Norris Teddy Bunn Frosty Pyles Alden Pyle Uriah Heep Mound City Blue Blowers

Aunty Rotter Arnold Rutter Shagger Norris