) She has since turned to Bellini, whose opera `` Beatrice Di Tenda '' in a concert version with the American Opera Society introduced her to New York last season.

She introduced those conventions in her own lands, on the island of Oleron in 1160 (" Rolls of Oléron ") and later in England as well.

She was a special guest at the 70th Academy Awards, where the show's host, Billy Crystal, introduced her as the " Beauty who charmed the Beast ".

She was introduced anonymously while still a teenager in the third book in the series and plays a larger role in several of the titles of the 1930s and 1940s.

She enrolled in the landscape architecture program at Harvard University, and Pei was thus introduced to members of the faculty at Harvard's Graduate School of Design ( GSD ).

She introduced the future director, the middle of three children, to the world of cinema by leaving him at a local cinema to watch matinee double features such as Attack of the Crab Monsters and Creature From the Black Lagoon while she ran errands.

She and her circle, comprising educated members of the Catholic clergy, introduced Rousseau to the world of letters and ideas.

She acquired a love of rock music during the 1970s, having been introduced by a babysitter to the music of the Los Angeles punk rock band X, which proved a life-changing experience.

She introduced her daughter, Linn Ullmann, to the audience with the words: " Here comes the woman whom Ingmar Bergmann loves the most ".

She also introduced her friend Florence La Badie to D. W. Griffith, which launched La Badie's successful film acting career.

She relates what she learned of the downfall of the Ringworld's civilization: A mold that breaks down superconductors was introduced by a visiting spaceship.

" She introduced Bunny to Uli Kunkel.

She introduced him to the music of Captain Beefheart.

She was also introduced by George Bush at a commemoration ceremony.

She introduced color to the editorial pages ( several years before The New York Times ) and photography, with less type on each page and a generally more modern layout.

She is introduced in the first episode, first as a big fan of Xena and her history, but soon becomes a notable character in her own right.

She defeated him the first time they met, after being introduced by a mutual friend, Don MacAskill.

She introduced America to the suggestive version of the belly dance known as the " hootchy-kootchy ", to a tune said to be improvised by Sol Bloom ( and now more commonly associated with snake charmers ) which he had made as an improvision when his dancers had no music to dance to.

She first appeared in the first official third season episode " Enos Strate to the Top " ( season opener " Carnival of Thrills was held over from the previous season ), although was not formally " introduced " in that episode.

She was given free rein to renovate the Petit Trianon, a small château on the grounds of Versailles, which was given to her as a gift by Louis XVI on 15 August 1774 ; she concentrated mainly on horticulture, redesigning the garden in the English fashion, which in the previous reign had been an arboretum of introduced species, and adding flowers.

She introduced Kirsten Lundborg, a friend, to her father-in law, and the two began an affair.

She was introduced to Nasser through her brother Abdel Hamid Kazim, a merchant friend of Nasser's, in 1943.

She introduced him to Transactional Analysis therapists and joined him in meditation twice a day, ( given to him by Harriet Levy ), and cooked him a macrobiotic diet.

She introduced group performances and staged various Bharatanatyam-based ballets.

She also sang the jazz song " After You've Gone " for the end credits of the film The Cat's Meow ( 2001 ).

She also lent her voice to the end credits of The Cat's Meow, singing Henry Creamer and Turner Layton's jazz standard " After You've Gone.

She wrote music for films, acted, and created conceptual record albums — encompassing poetry, jazz, chamber pop, and art songs.

She is regarded as one of the most influential jazz vocalists of all time, being cited as a mentor to diverse artists such as Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Bette Midler, Madonna, and Dusty Springfield.

She was replaced in the jazz ensemble by Margret RoadKnight.

" When my grandmother found out that I was playing jazz in one of the sporting houses in the District, she told me that I had disgraced the family and forbade me to live at the house ... She told me that devil music would surely bring about my downfall, but I just couldn't put it behind me.

She later began performing in jazz clubs where her masterful skill at the piano brought her popularity among other musicians.

She appears as the cover model on jazz pianist Bill Evans ' 1962 album, Moon Beams.

She enjoys playing the saxophone and became friends with jazz musician Bleeding Gums Murphy, whom she regards as an idol.

She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit " Come On-a My House " written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian ( better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks ), which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me " ( a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati ), " Mambo Italiano ", " Tenderly ", " Half as Much ", " Hey There " and " This Ole House ", although she had success as a jazz vocalist.

She has even said at her shows " It is my personal goal to bring be-bop jazz back into the gay and lesbian community.

She appears as a guest musician on several tracks from experimental jazz musician Colin Stetson's 2011 album New History Warfare Vol.

She first appeared on stage at the age of 6 when she started singing with her grandmother — also a singer — and her grandfather, a jazz musician.

She went on to sing jazz songs throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

She would make me listen to the radio: classical, country, jazz, Paul Robeson, Count Basie.

She was playing at the Three Deuces, a jazz club, when a friend took her to hear Billie Holiday at the Garrick Stage Bar.

She also made a pair of intimate vocal / guitar / double bass albums of jazz standards: After Hours ( 1961 ) with guitarist Mundell Lowe and double bassist George Duvivier and Sarah + 2 ( 1962 ) with guitarist Barney Kessell and double bassist Joe Comfort.

She made a guest appearance in 1984 on Barry Manilow's 2: 00 AM Paradise Cafe, an album of original pastiche compositions that featured a number of established jazz artists.

She also did collaborations with Babyface, Usher, Dionne Warwick, will. i. am, Fat Joe, Lil ' Kim, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and jazz legend Herbie Hancock.

She also had a long-term relationship with jazz musician Gerry Mulligan which resulted in marriage.

She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film.

She was given the piano part in her husband's big band radio performance series called Hot Five and then his next series called the Hot Seven It was not until the 1930s and 1940s that many women jazz singers, such as Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday were recognized as successful artists in the music world.

She has been described as a reigning " Queen of Pop " for her influence over the record industry during the 1990s, alongside other female entertainers, including Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey .< ref name = diva >" If Ella Fitzgerald is the queen of jazz, Billie Holiday first lady of the blues, and Aretha Franklin the queen of soul, then who is the queen of pop?

She was a member of the company's in-house jazz band Alph Lyla, which played Capcom video game music including pieces written by Shimomura ; she performed live twice with the group, playing a bell during " Chun-Li's Theme " from Street Fighter II.