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Born April 19, 1947 (age 79) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Grammy Award
Count Basie, 1968
Count Basie
American musician
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and musician
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Leonard Bernstein, wearing a dark suit and red pocket square, conducts with his right arm raised, baton in hand, in front of an orchestra in 1988.
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
The Genius
Ray Charles
American musician
Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American musician
Stan Kenton with Eddie Safranski
Stan Kenton
American musician
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American musician
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Erich Leinsdorf
American musician
Morton, 1923
Jelly Roll Morton
American musician
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Barenboim, Daniel
Daniel Barenboim
Israeli musician and conductor
Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida
Japanese-born British pianist and conductor
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Karajan, 1968
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor