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(Roy Haynes ( Dreyfus Records))
Jazz great Roy Haynes is back on the show to celebrate two things: his 79th birthday, and the release of his new album, "Fountain of Youth." Then Kate Wenner talks about her second novel, Dancing with Einstein. It’s about a woman who moves to New York City to start her "real life" at the age of thirty. And a discussion with writer Walter Abish. In 1938, he fled from Nazi-occupied Vienna to Italy, France, Shanghai, and finally to Israel. He describes revisiting Vienna as an adult.
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes is one of the greatest jazz drummers around: Thelonious Monk once described his drumming as "an eight ball right in the side pocket." His new album is "Fountain of Youth," put out by Dreyfus Records.
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» Read more about Roy Haynes in the Dreyfus Records ...
Kate Wenner
The protagonist in Kate Wenner’s novel, Dancing with Einstein, is Marea Hoffman, a woman who, in the process of finding herself, also finds out a lot about her father’s involvement in the Manhattan Project and the development of the H-bomb.
Music: The Hours Soundtrack composer Phillip Glass
Music: The Hours Soundtrack composer Phillip Glass
Walter Abish
Walter Abish's new memoir is Double Vision: A Self-Portrait. Abish's previous works include How German Is It.
» Read more about the book
Music: Iris Soundtrack composer Joshua Bell
» Read more about the book
Music: Iris Soundtrack composer Joshua Bell
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