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performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
Hinton, Milton John — ▪ 2001 American jazz artist and photographer (b. June 23, 1910, Vicksburg, Miss. d. Dec. 19, 2000, Queens, N.Y.), was among the great jazz bassists during a career that lasted nearly 70 years; he began performing in groups before the advent … Universalium
Lewis, John — ▪ American musician in full John Aaron Lewis born May 3, 1920, La Grange, Illinois, U.S. died March 29, 2001, New York, New York American jazz pianist and composer arranger who was an influential member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, one of the… … Universalium
Hirt — [hərt] Al(ois Maxwell) (1922 99) U.S. trumpeter. At first noted for his Dixieland jazz, he later, during the 1960s, turned to playing more nonjazz music, such as in his Grammy winning song Java (1964). From the 1970s he was based in New Orleans,… … Useful english dictionary
