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Janet Sommer

Born To Read

About Me

Janet Sommer is a Music and Documentary Photographer whose work has appeared on numerous CD's, as well as in newspapers, magazines and books. She has interviewed and written about musicians, and has written book and C.D. reviews.

My Interests

Music, photography, writing, reading. In constantly changing order. Listening to podcasts of NPR's Jazz Profiles, among others. Genealogy.

Music:

Jazz, Brazilian, The Great American Songbook, Americana, Blues, Traditional, Folk.

Movies:

Casablanca (and almost anything with Bogart). Cabaret. New York, New York. Laura. Ken Burns Jazz. Truly, Madly, Deeply. Brazil. The Wizard of Oz. Many more that I can never think of when I'm pressed to think of them.

Television:

Mad Men, CSI, Monk, lots of PBS. ..
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Books:

Biography, Mystery, Poetry, Literature, Non-Fiction. But why stop there? Magazines, periodicals, the backs of Pop Tart boxes, and little scraps of paper that float through my awareness on a daily basis. Many of which I scoop up and fill my pockets with.

Heroes:

Marian McPartland, Dorthea Lange, any fellow travelers on the road to making art, music, or the written word.