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Re: cohorts

Keith Jarrett...one of my favorite jazz pianists (who also has a recording
of the Goldberg Variations and other Bach works...)


marc estrin wrote:

> How about a listing of other great hummers?
>
> I have an old, unequalled, Toscanini recording of La Boheme (RCA, Licia
> Albanese, Jan Peerce).  During the climax statement of Musetta's Waltz,
> the Maestro breaks into the most glorious out-of-tune wailing that
> completely contradicts the popular view of him as a soulless martinet.
> I wouldn't trade it for any other version.
>
> So there's number 2 on the list.  Any more?  Eventually we can come out
> with our own CD: Highlights of Humming.  Perhaps a Website of Wailing.
>
> Marc