Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and pop icon Elvis Presley aren't a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like "Love Me Tender, " "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" made Presley the king of rock 'n' roll.

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'We used to compare him to an Airedale dog or a sheep hound or something.

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The Hound is crude but sympathetic, a dog of war to be sure, but not so cruel or merciless as his brother or the king.

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This year, the dog days of summer proved to be more greyhound than basset hound.

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For now, though, the Hound is embracing the past, a time when everyone seemed to have a dog-eared novel to hand.

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There is also racing of purebred Arabian salukis, the slender sight-hound that is one of the world's most ancient breeds of domesticated dog, as well as handicrafts displays.

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