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Located in Germany, American pianist Irwin Gage is becoming among the best-known piano accompanists for German and additional lieder singers. His dad was Hungarian and his mom Russian. On the School of Michigan and Yale School, he examined piano, musicology, and books. He discovered himself creating a particular curiosity about …

Generally considered the first R&B group to emerge from your fertile Cleveland area, the Four Shades of Rhythm formed in 1939 — according to Marv Goldberg’s profile in the May 1998 problem of Discoveries, singer/drummer Oscar Lindsay, guitarist Willie Lewis, pianist Sims London and bassist Macon Sims were almost all …