Ed was in the school orchestra, the glee club, sang solos in the school operettas, played baseball and basketball (Skagit County champs of 1925), drove the school bus, and was president of the student body in his senior year.

NPR: Edward R. Murrow: Broadcasting History

In 1948, Valdes harnessed the influences of American jazz, Cuban melodies and African rhythms when he became the principal pianist and arranger for the house orchestra of Havana's Tropicana night club, the crown jewel of Cuban nightlife.

NPR: Bebo Valdes' Long Musical Journey

Mr. Bernstein's group, which featured John Medeski on the Hammond B-3, turned (Le) Poisson Rouge into a dance club on Friday with his Sly interpretations, and the Bernie Worrell Orchestra did the same a night later.

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