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Twenty years after his pioneering "Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, " Schuller turned to the swing era, a glorious period in American music, when Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington developed an idiom that was accessible yet also innovative and artistically satisfying.
WSJ: Five Best
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The singing, performed by members of London's the Opera Group, does not shy away from the operatic idiom, and the plot is an adventure with fanciful creatures and dramatic challenges.
WSJ: Metropolis Ensemble Offers an Opera for the Elementary Set
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Mr Sullivan has an ear for lyrical phrases and for catching the idiom of everyday speech.
ECONOMIST: American essays