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Linda Lavin: Love Notes
by Richard J Salvucci
Linda Lavin has spent a life on stage. If the term Broadway Legend" means anything, surely it applies to Lavin, whose collection of Tony nominations and awards, critics' prizes, and Golden Globes for her role as Alice" on television is nothing, if not impressive. Although you may not have followed her career closely, you knew she was a singer from Alice," for which she recorded the theme, more than once. Hearing a good collection of songs from Lavin at this ...
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by J. Robert Bragonier
Being a “left coaster,” I was not familiar with the name of Billy Stritch, so this has been a most felicitous introduction. As musical supervisor, pianist and arranger for Liza Minnelli, Stritch is probably better known on the cabaret circuit. But, as attested to by being named “Best Jazz Instrumentalist” by the Manhattan Association of Clubs and by this live outing, recorded at Jazz Standard in New York City, there’s nothing wrong with Stritch’s jazz chops, either as pianist or ...
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