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Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.

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Bill Bailey
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 13
Comedian
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Singer-Songwriter
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Mark Bailey
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