Kurt Elling, Jazz vocalist
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Kurt Elling, acclaimed for singing classic jazz with flair, is one of the most innovative and adventurous of contemporary jazz vocalists and is famous among the young male jazz singers. Along with jazz singing he is commissioned by the famous Steppenwolf Theater, in Chicago, to write and stage several performance pieces.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2005
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Bill Amend, creator of the comic strip FoxTrot
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Bill Amend born in 1962 is cartoonist by profession. He is the creator of FoxTrot, a comic strip that has appeared in newspapers seven days a week since 1998. As a syndicated cartoonist he has a huge audience of over 25 million readers.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
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Brian Greene, physicist
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A profile of physicist Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, is presented. His early life, career and efforts to explain physics to lay audiences are explored.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2000
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