(From TVO) For six months, Paris was the capital of the world. The last shots had just been fired in the most devastating war of all time, and the old global order lay in tatters. Delegations from over 30 nations descended upon Paris for the most ambitious peace talks in history. Inspired by Margaret [...]
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If you starve two patients, and only one develops an infection, one would still typically cite the bacteria and the starvation as (probable) causes of the infection. Margaret Macmillan looks at this scenario strangely in that she infers that because only one patient developed a bacterial infection, the cause is solely the bacteria and not the starvation.
Margaret Macmillan [...]
Erroll Garner is one of my favourite jazz pianists of all time. I’m most impressed with his ability to respect the melody while expressing himself creatively in the embellishments.
Dick Hyman presents his analysis of Garner’s style in his Century of Jazz Piano CD-Rom – Encyclopedia (1999). Hyman succeeds in explaining the basics of Garners [...]
