Not much is known about him. Born on March 5, 1928 in Chicago. The son of Jewish parents. He began to play piano at the age of 12. In 19 - professionally. Influences: in the first years: Net King Cole, El Hage and only then - Art Tateum and Bad Powel. Bibop played, later - kul. He accompanied Sarah, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Giun Christie, Anita O'Dei and Pinky Winters. He had played with Cabbie Jackson, Tommy Dorsy, Shorti Rogers, Stan Ghetz, Terry Gibbs, Benny Gudman and Flip Phillips.

School prospects: Will private education compete with the state? How do paid services differ from budget? What do the heads of educational institutions spend money for?

Good morning! Today they celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Yesterday, for example, I went through a parade in Gorky Park. In Moscow, Patrick parades have been held since 1992. Until 2011, the entire new Arbat was blocked, but then the city hall decided that the parade interferes with the movement in Moscow, and forbade it. Then the people went for a walk in the green (this is the traditional color of the holiday) with broke on the old Arbat - there were detentions.

Heaps of garbage at the Iraqi government building of the Ottoman era. The building was looted and burned during the invasion in 2003. On November 21, 2001, at the end of the meeting of the National Security Council, President Bush with the words “I need you” carried away the Minister of Defense Donald Ramsfeld in a secluded cabinet next to the White House situations and shut the door. The minister immediately realized that the conversation would be strictly private, and turned into a hearing.

The decision of the Cyprus authorities to introduce a disposable tax on bank deposits, among which there are a lot of Russian Vcis. The first Sunday sermon of the new Pope and his upcoming intronization. The 10th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq. The beginning of the re -formation of the jury in the case of the murder of Yuri Budanov. The announcement of the verdict in the case of riots in the village of Sagra.

On the site "Echo of Moscow", deputy Isaev answered the journalist Matvey Ganapolsky. He demanded an apology from the deputy for writing on his Twitter about journalists: "Small creatures - you are indifferent to us. But the specific editor and the author will answer hard." This tweet was a reaction to an article by MK correspondents about the work of the State Duma.

People withdraw money through ATMs in Nicosia, March 17, 2013 Cyprus parliament postponed until Monday voting on a bill on tax on deposits in local banks. Earlier, a meeting of the 56-seater national parliament, in which none of the parties participating has most votes was scheduled for three in the afternoon (six in the evening of Moscow time) on Sunday. On Monday, an emergency visit to the Minister of Finance of the country to Moscow is also expected.

Teachers of Sigurda Schmidt. A conversation with historian Academician Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt - about his famous father, about school and university teachers, about books and fidelity to science.

In the new issue, the forgotten Chicago pianist Livi Livi, alas, left us the genius of the guitar of the Motgomery and clarinetist of the orchestra Duke Ellington - Barney Bigard.

Radio Liberty forms the agenda of the coming week: the largest events of Russian and international life, commemorative dates, sports and cultural panoramas. The plan for the week is your reliable compass. The program is alternately conducted by editors of information programs in Moscow and Prague.

Dear Friends, I THK You FROM My Heart and I ASK You to Continue to Pray for Me.Pope Francis. - Pope francis (@pontifex) March 17, 2013

Ivan Tolstoy: Teacher. Cultural guru, spiritual mentors, intellectual leaders. The people who made us. We are talking about this today with the Moscow historian Sigurd Schmidt. Academician Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt is one of the most famous figures in the Russian scientific world, he is a public person, he can often be seen on the TV screen, therefore, I think many listeners are well aware of who the conversation will go with today.