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Article: Kathleen Battle: opera diva sings jazz style songs on 'So Many Stars' album.(Cover Story)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- December 11, 1995
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Superstar lyric soprano Kathleen Battle joins forces with some of jazz music's hottest musicians on her latest album, So Many Stars.
The collection of love songs, lullabies and spirituals features the famed opera star singing to music performed by Black jazz and Brazilian music artists.
The Sony Classical recording has been at the top of Billboard's Classical Crossover chart since it was released in September.
"So Many Stars will surprise a lot of people. It certainly is not the expected-very much the unexpected-from me," Ms. Battle said. "For many years I have wanted to present an album of my favorite songs in a style that was not strictly ...