King of the horn: Dizzy Gillespie revolutionized jazz
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Gillespie helped create the jazz style of bebop in the 1940s with other jazz musicians, including Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. Gillespie recorded more than 100 albums during his 50-year career. He was known for his ballooning cheeks.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1993
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Sophisticated lady: Diana Krall has got the jazz world on a string
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Krall, 32, is receiving much media attention due to her new album, 'All for You.' The British Columbia native has worked hard for the recognition. Jazz great Ray Brown heard Krall sing at a restaurant when she was just 19 years old.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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A prairie Pulitzer
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Winnipeg, Manitoba novelist Carol Shields won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for her 16th novel, 'The Stone Diaries.' The work won the Canadian Governor General's Literary Award in 1993. Shields' life and work are profiled.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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