The music is performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, of which Ted Nash is a member.

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He was first inducted into the Hall of Fame in nineteen ninety-seven with his band Crosby,Stills and Nash.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center worked with the Museum of Modern Art in New York to give Ted Nash access to its art collection.

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Ted Nash wanted his composition about Chagall to express his ties to family and Eastern European culture.

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Nash studied the works of seven important painters who lived during a one hundred year period, a time frame similar to that of jazz.

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Nash wanted his jazz composition for this artist to be swinging, and make you feel good.

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Nash said one of the hardest parts was limiting his choice to only seven artists.

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Nash did the same thing with music by layering sounds and creating an unusual timing.

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Ted Nash chose to express the tragic side of the artist's life with this composition.

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Crosby,Stills and Nash entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in nineteen ninety-seven.

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Jazz musician Ted Nash explores this question in his album "Portrait in Seven Shades."

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Ted Nash's composition "Dali" was influenced by the painting called "The Persistence of Memory."

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Ted Nash imagined what Van Gogh might say to his friend, painter Paul Gaugin.

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Ted Nash was influenced by Monet's famous series of huge paintings of water lilies.

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