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Choral music, vocal jazz, classical vocal music, the Academy Awards, instrumental music and musical instruments.

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2009-09-30 Jazz Lyrics:

At this very moment, I'm not much help to you at all. I looked through my Manhattan Transfer albums (I have all of them) and couldn't find anything. I immediately went to their album "Brasil," but no luck

2009-08-13 Movies:

I'm not sure if I understand what you are asking. As you know, choral music is often used to enhance a movie score, and often without words. Sometimes a pre-existing recording is used, as in the the case

2009-08-05 grazing in the grass-performed by who?:

First of all, please forgive me if I'm giving you information you already have! If you have iTunes, go to the iTunes store and type in Grazing in the Grass. There are several different versions there

2009-01-30 Identifying a type of music:

Marc, You're in the right category. This is definitely jazz. It IS however, a small jazz combo consisting only of clarinet, guitar, bass and drums. If you like this style, look up the guitarist Django

2009-01-18 Singing:

First of all, congratulations for beginning voice lessons. I have been a voice teacher for 30 years and love that people still want to sing correctly. Now, regarding Norah Jones. Norah has a very "natural"

 

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