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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was known primarily (and deservedly) being a poet and best-selling writer, delivering the poem “Within the Pulse from the Morning” within President Costs Clinton’s inauguration ceremonies. She was much less known on her behalf early career being a vocalist; she herself rarely described this element of her history. …

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Bob Gordon

Bob Gordon was an excellent West Coastline bop-oriented baritonist. He used Shorty Sherock (1946), Alvino Rey’s Orchestra (1948-1951), and Billy May (1952) before getting an in-demand program participant for jazz schedules with famous brands Shelly Manne, Maynard Ferguson, Chet Baker, Clifford Dark brown (1954), Shorty Rogers, Tal Farlow, and Stan …

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