Brown, whose other works include the short-lived Broadway musicals "Urban Cowboy" and "13, " and another acclaimed song cycle "Songs for a New World, " is enjoying a purple patch of late.

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The Watsons play songs from their new album in this World Cafe session.

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The new BlackBerry World will include an extensive catalog of songs as well as movies and TV shows, with most movies coming to the store the same day they are released on DVD, and next day availability of many current TV series.

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So 50 years ago, you arrived in New York, you've turned the jazz world on its head with songs like "Lonely Woman" and "Congeniality, " and people started paying attention to what you were doing, but it wasn't always positive.

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