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"Hurry Santa" performed by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange, Sara Brimer Davey & Joanna Goldsmith Eteson from Vintage Vocal Swing, 2020

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Diana Krall - Peel Me A Grape.

Diana Krall: For 20 years I worked as a bar pianist. When I was 15 I started playing jazz in local restaurants in Canada with bass players. Then I was a student in L.A. and Boston and I supported myself and my jazz piano lessons by playing in hotels and bars. I also went to Europe sometimes, to Sweden and Switzerland. For three months I lived in Zurich where I played in hotels six days a week.

I lived in the Niederdorf area. On my way to the hotel there was always the lady of the night on the corner, we would say, “Hi, have a nice evening.” Then I would go play my six hours. And I would look at people. I was playing piano all night – and watching people.

It was a great time. I was very much alone and had to figure out what to do. I went to the opera, to concerts, museums, took trains all over Europe, sometimes to the wrong place but then made the best out of it. I was really an independent young woman at 24. It was really brave thing to do.

You don’t just start out getting a record deal being a jazz pianist, you have to wash and dry some dishes first.

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