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Birth of a Groove
Listen in as René and her band work up a new tune, "You Can't See Me."
Making It Live
Hear what happens when René tries her new tune in public for the first time.
Love for Sale
Watch video of René and the band rehearsing the Cole Porter classic.
Inspired by Ella
Visit the inspiration page to hear René mimic jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

We're not quite done here, but welcome anyhow! It's NPR's In Rehearsal — a place to watch the creative process unfold, and listen in as musicians from different traditions put their music together.

On this edition of In Rehearsal, we're featuring vocalist René Marie.

We'll hear why she doesn't imitate Sarah Vaughan anymore. We'll watch her rehearse the jazz standard "Love for Sale." We'll follow along as she brings a new and untested song to her band, and they try to get the groove the way she hears it in her head. And we'll hear them take the song live for the first time, at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C.



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