| Frequently Asked Questions |
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Starsign: |
Taurus |
| Hobbies: |
Shopping,
reading, writing, cinema, learning guitar, Pilates |
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Favourite things:
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London, bright sunny days, live music, people-watching, electronic gadgets, new shoes, kittens, Middlemarch, vintage clothes, champagne chocolate truffles, American Beauty, classic cars, the smell of freshly-laundered bed linen, cocktails, all things Italian, breakfast in bed, walking in the park, New York, Sunday mornings, foot massages, beach houses, laughing, licquorice... |
| Influences: | Anita
Baker, Sade, Annie Lennox, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen
McRae, Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Shirley Horn, Stevie Wonder, Nina
Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Sheila Jordan, Cassandra Wilson, Portishead,
Morcheeba, Massive Attack, Groove Armada, Soul II Soul, Sting, Courtney
Pine, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Horace Silver... |
| Top 5 jazz albums: |
Dianne Reeves
- A Little Moonlight |
| Top 5 (non-jazz) albums: |
Anita Baker - Rapture Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Currently listening to... Joni Mitchell - Blue |
| Top 5 female singers: |
Dianne Reeves |
| Top 5 male singers: | Stevie
Wonder Jimmy Scott Donny Hathaway Kurt Elling Mark Murphy |
| Top 5 films: | American
Beauty Reservoir Dogs Alien The Godfather City of God |
| Top 5 books: | Pride
and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho The Blind Assasin - Margaret Atwood Vanity Fair - W M Thackeray Enduring Love - Ian McEwan |
| Favourite
shop: |
TK
Maxx (I just can't resist bargains!) |
| Favourite
restaurant: |
The
Gate - Hammersmith, London |
| Favourite
drink: |
Cosmopolitan
or Kir Royale |
| Favourite
food: |
Thai,
Italian or Indian |
| Favourite
holiday destination: |
Cannes,
France |
| Favourite
country: |
Italy
(I love the passion Italians have for food, art, music, football and
love!) |
| Favourite city: | London (closely followed by Rome and New York) |
