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Rudi asked Alan and Karen to come and do a season at his hotel when his contract there finished. The hotel had a cabaret lounge and also a large ballroom. They duly came over and did a very successful season there as well as gigs at other local venues. My company, Mastersound, remastered and
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as a single, he wrote an extended solo for organ with Haven in mind. As released, the jazz adaptation marks a notable departure from the soundtrack score which featured a choir singing in Latin.
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