I consider Fred Astaire as one of my hero's and it was a wonderful insight into reading this, his autobiography. For me, Fred Astaire had a je ne sais quoi about him - it was in the way he danced, obviously, but it was also the way he walked into a room, and the way he talked. He also had a certain way of singing - I have a sublime album of him singing with the Oscar Peterson Trio (who were the house band for Verve records, and recorded at many of the Jazz at the Philharmonic). His style is so relaxed and inflexive - laid back and listening to it is like floating off on a breeze.
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