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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Paula Zahn, Arthur Russell, Morey Amsterdam, Franklin Cox, David Finckel, Emilio Colon, Kenneth Woods, Alison Chesley, David Darling, Robert Haven Schauffler, Corrin Campbell, William J. Kirkpatrick, Ben Sollee, Frances-Marie Uitti, Matt Haimovitz, Cecylia Barczyk, Jim Aikin, Ronald A. Heifetz, Maya Beiser, Tammy Rogers, Hans Christian, Dave Eggar, Michael R. Anastasio, Stephanie Winters, Colin Stokes, Lori Goldston, Marian Robertson Wilson, Nick Monteleone, Tina Guo, Rufus Cappadocia, Brent Kutzle, Robert deMaine, George Schetky, Ana Lenchantin, ElRay L. Christiansen, Lindsay Mac, Steven Sharp Nelson, Melissa Hasin, Knox Chandler, Eugene Friesen, Tanya Haden, Charles Curtis, Ronald Leonard, Ray Chi, Kristin Isaacson, Natalie Haas, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Leonardo Valvassori, Gideon Freudmann, William Llewellyn Wilson, John Contreras, Laura Ritchie, Kenneth Slowik. Excerpt: Charles Arthur Russell, Jr. (May 21, 1951 - April 4, 1992) was an American cellist, composer, singer, and musician whose work spanned the genres of classical, disco, experimental, folk and rock. Although he found the most commercial success in the dance music genre, Russell's career bridged New York's downtown, rock, and dance music scenes. His collaborators included Philip Glass, David Byrne, and Nicky Siano. Relatively unknown during his lifetime, a series of reissues, compilations, books and a biographical documentary have significantly raised his profile in the 2000s. Russell was born and raised in Oskaloosa, Iowa; his father was a former naval officer who eventually served as mayor of the town. As a child and adolescent, he studied the cello and piano and began to compose his own music. When he was 18 he moved to San Francisco, where he lived in a Buddhist commune and studied North Indian music at the Ali Akbar College of Music and Western ...
