Ganga Ghosh, a jazz singer in Varanasi, India, hears pianist Ghost Wakefield on her radio. She stays up all night enchanted by his playing. Although it’s shut off, her radio tells her, “Go ride the music,” setting into motion these three interlocking stories: Ganga and Ghost meet in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; they build a duet in New York, then discover during a tour of the South that Ganga channels, through Ghost's haunted, New Orleans-flavored introductions, the voice and presence of Billie Holiday, Lena Horne and the other immortals she impersonates on stage. It’s a gift she returns to Ghost in a most unusual way and at a most opportune hour.
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This is a very interesting account of the connection which transpires through music between Indian jazz singer Ganga Ghosh and pianist Ghost Wakefield. What makes this story unique is that it takes place across many cities and cultures, it includes the jazz traditions of New Orleans, and in stage Ganga presents the sounds of great female singers. Also in many creative fields we see that issues like CV writing service UAE may in their own way be put in the context of one’s professional growth. I found the idea of music as a medium which brings together our two main characters very appealing.
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