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...Patterson (The Valhalla Exchange). Both names have become synonyms for popular thrillers, and Solo will not do the Higgins/Patterson reputation any harm. The trouble this time starts with a handsome Greek named John Mikali, who is not only a veteran of the French Foreign Legion but a world-famous pianist as well. Grieving over the death of his grandfather at the hands of the Greek junta, Mikali efficiently assassinates the colonel responsible and discovers that he has a genuine aptitude for this kind of work. He also has a terrific cover; very few classical musicians are international...
DIED. José Iturbi, 84, Spanish pianist and conductor who popularized classical music by performing in a medley of 1940s movies like A Song to Remember (1945); of coronary disease; in Los Angeles...
...ground that she was a public figure. Vanderbilt found that argument specious, since Henry Kissinger and Broadway Producer-Director Joshua Logan already live in River House. She has gone to court, charging that the board's real-and illegal-reason is fear that she might marry black Pianist Bobby Short, a close friend who appears with her in jeans commercials. Nonsense, replies the board's lawyer. The real reason, he contends, is that Vanderbilt, despite a net worth claim of $7.6 million, actually cannot afford River House...
...many times before. Last week, following his engagement at Fat Tuesday's and at clubs in such other cities as Philadelphia and Washington, he wound up a rare swing through the East with a performance for the Atlanta Jazz Alliance. He had a first-rate trio in tow: Pianist Milcho Leviev, Bassist Bob Magnusson and Drummer Carl Burnett. His repertory ranged brilliantly over a variety of moods and rhythms, from standards (What Is This Thing Called Love?) to appealing originals (Ophelia, Blues for Blanche), and from wistful ballads (Over the Rainbow) through funky Latin beats (Mambo Koyama) to awesome...
...Pianist-author Charles Rosen will be the 1980-81 Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry. Rosen, who won the 1972 National Book Award for his "The Classical Form: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven," will give six Norton lectures and two recitals of Beethoven piano pieces next year...