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Juliette Gray Releases "Lush Life With A Twist" and "Lush Life Jazzed Up"

Source: Juliette Gray
April 21, 2012

Lush Life With a Twist and Lush Life Straight Up - is a voice-over/spoken word homage to the Billy Strayhorn's provocative and poignant composition. A collaboration between voice over actor Juliette Gray, prolific jazz pianist and composer Bill Cunliffe and clarinetist/saxophonist Gary Gray. Music arranged and produced by Bill Cunliffe; performance directed and produced by Cedering Fox. This is the first in a series of spoken word+music to some of the masterpieces of the Great American Songbook—illustrating how spoken word ...

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