But she put food on the table by singing piano jazz and Broadway tunes at night on Houston's club circuit.

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And fans of Davies since his early, autobiographical films "Distant Voices, " "Still Lives, " and "The Long Day Closes" will appreciate the inclusion of one of his favorite time-capsule gestures: a warm pub scene in which every patron, young and old, joins in singing popular tunes.

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Mr Trimble has been on holiday, and in his absence his colleagues have been singing different tunes.

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Ranging from 1919 to 1994, the set is divided into sections on the blues, church roots, party songs, standard tunes (slow and up-tempo), jazz originals, scat-singing and novelties, though the compiler acknowledges that many of his pieces overlap their pigeonholes.

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