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...Talking about such intimate personal details is excruciating for her, but she vows she won't stop. Sustaining her now is not only the power of the spirit but also her five-year-old son, Aleeke, whom she calls "the light of my life." Now parted from his American jazz musician father, Dirie is currently living with Aleeke in Wales. She is vague about her future plans - excited about a proposal for a National Geographic documentary on Somalia but uncertain about staying in Britain. "I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it," she says. "Life is about moving...
...ONTOGENY RECAPITULATES PHYLOGENY AND ALL THAT JAZZ...
...their performances have won a cult following. And they are not alone. Gypsy music is stirring audiences around the world. Top bands from Central Europe are playing upwards of 100 foreign gigs a year. Filmmakers are hungry for their scores. Critics have likened the outpouring to the birth of jazz in the U.S. in the 1920s. Says Simon Broughton, co-editor of The Rough Guide to World Music: "The music does what music should do. It tears at your heartstrings and gets your blood racing." This summer Taraf de Haïdouks is moving on to the International Istanbul Jazz...
...took the test and scientist came in at dead last. Number one was camp counselor and jazz musician was second,” Franken says...
Leading the charge are the two German companies: E.ON, based in Dusseldorf, and RWE, with headquarters in Essen. "Our goal is to achieve a leading position in the U.S.," says E.ON CEO Ulrich Hartmann, 64, a jazz buff who already has transformed his company. He took over Veba--the firm his father once ran as a state enterprise--in 1993, just before Germany deregulated its electricity markets. He focused the company on its core utility business and two years ago merged it with Viag, another major German utility, to form E.ON. Hartmann is sitting on $31 billion in cash...