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... that although Ray Charles and Nancy Sinatra solos of "Here We Go Again" made Billboard's Hot 100, Charles' 2004 duet with Norah Jones became the second Grammy Record of the Year that did not?
... that Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones (trio pictured) recorded a live tribute album covering songs of Ray Charles?
... that Philippe Saisse's Grammy-nominated album At World's Edge was dedicated to his father Maurice?
... that most of 75 was recorded on Joe Zawinul's 75th birthday and about two months before he died? (Zawinul pictured)
... that Steve Vai plays the sitar on "Moroccan Roll", a track from Mike Stern's Grammy-nominated album Big Neighborhood?

May 2011