Word: pianist
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DIED. FRANKIE CARLE, 97, durable, melodic Big Band leader, composer and pianist (a.k.a. "the Golden Touch") of the '40s and '50s, best known for Sunrise Serenade, which he co-wrote and became his theme; in Mesa, Ariz. Carle wrote such vintage standards as Falling Leaves and Roses in the Rain...
...almost all lectures will include demonstrations with musical instruments. All of the teaching fellows are musicians, from a jazz pianist to a classical violinist to a member of a local rock band...
...Hammy pianist..."? What a poor choice of words to describe humorist and pianist Victor Borge [MILESTONES, Jan. 8]. Someone who made hundreds of thousands of people dissolve into tears of laughter--over and over again--certainly deserves a better characterization. DONALD E. SCHMIEDEL Las Vegas...
DIED. VICTOR BORGE, 91, hammy pianist and conductor whose one-man Broadway show, Comedy in Music, ran a record 849 performances; in Greenwich, Conn. Borge originally trained as a concert pianist in his native Denmark, but eventually began incorporating satire and sight gags into his act. A Jew, he fled Europe to escape the Nazis, arriving in the U.S. speaking no English but ultimately perfecting his act to gain worldwide acclaim...
Steve Allen 78 The Tonight Show host was also a pianist and songwriter...