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Feb 2021
11m 39s

Episode 175: One Hundred Percent a Diner

NATE DIMEO
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Music

  • Metaphysical Waltz by Shirley Meyer Blankenship

  • ...morphs into Jock O'Hazeldean by Cynthia Boener

  • There's Dominique Dumont's La bataille de neige

  • The Squimp from the Chico Hamilton Quintet

  • Fruit of Dreams by Les Baxter

  • Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett

Notes

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