Kitty Allen
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Instrumental Musician-Piano, Harp & Flute / Library Media Specialist |
| Location | Easton, New York City, CT, NY, United States |
| Introduction | Instrumental musician with experience as a library media specialist & technical systems analyst/writer. Active in urban (Manhattan) and country (Fairfield County, CT) settings. Highly motivated to exercise the body and mind to remain healthy. Low tolerance and little patience for huge egos and grouches. Wild and quirky sense of humor. Midwest native (Michigan and Ohio). Now a fan of the East Coast, though worldwide travel to any destination that offers outdoor exercise, interesting (& eclectic) people, plus great music is a work in progress. |
| Interests | Instrumental music--harp, flute, and piano--jazz & classical styles, photography, animals, fitness, diet & natural healthcare maintenance, bicycling, dance, modern art, yoga. |
| Favorite music | Mark Soskin (www.marksoskin.com) current teacher & terrific jazz pianist, Garry Dial (www.garrydial.com) former teacher & Master of jazz theory, Sonny Stitt, Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Rahsan Roland Kirk, Bill Evans, Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith, Ben Webster, Stanley Turrentine, Steve Turre, David Sanchez, John Zorn, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Maurice Ravel, Serge Rachmaninoff, Franz Liszt, Paul Hindemith, Dmitri Shostakovitch, Igor Stravinsky, & many others. |
| Favorite books | Jon Katz, H.M Holmes, Sinclair Lewis, Leo Tolstoy, Tess Gerritson, Ayn Rand, Daniel Silva, Eckhart Tolle, Steig Larsson |