Maurice Ravel
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Born: March 7, 1875. Ciboure, France
Died: December 28, 1937. Paris, France
Often linked with his contemporary Claude Debussy he was influenced by Igor Stravinsky's work in Paris in the first decades of the 20th century. After the first world war he toured, to great acclaim, in America where he admired jazz music; a style which would later influence some of his own compositions.
"Piano Concerto in G" was one of the 10 records FZ selected (in 1989) for the American radio show Castaway's Choice, hosted by John McNally.
FZ would often perform Boléro in concerts and included it on The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, although it had to be removed from European issues due to copyright problems.
