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1 hr ago | Keyboard Magazine

Bold as Brass

Say goodbye to wheezy, cheesy brass and sax sounds. By Marty Cutler That's why we've compiled this roundup.

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Related Topix: Brass., Libraries

4 hrs ago | FiveThirtyEight

ArtsBeat: With Box Office Strong, 'Porgy and Bess' to Extend Its Run

The producers of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" on Broadway informed group sales ticket agents on Thursday that the run of the musical, which had been scheduled to end July 8, would extend through Sept.

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Related Topix: George & Ira Gershwin

5 hrs ago | All About Jazz

RADIO/PODCAST: Romance and the Silver Screen This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents a Valentine's Day concert of classic love songs side by side with soundtrack clips of love scenes from the films that made them popular hits.

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Related Topix: Electronics, George & Ira Gershwin, Jazz, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer

9 hrs ago | The Morning Call

Dance to the Ron Sunshine Band

Ron Sunshine and His Orchestra will be at the Allentown Jewish Community Center at 7 p.m. Feb.

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Related Topix: The Orchestra, Allentown, PA, Music, Entertainment

Wed Feb 08, 2012

This Week Community News

Coming up

American Cancer Society Discover Shop will celebrate Valentine's Day from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Ohio, The Orchestra, All-Terrain Vehicles, Polaris ATV, Polaris Scrambler, Columbus, OH

OregonLive.com

Overlooked and underappreciated

It's awards season and I'd like to suggest two vocalists from the Big Band era for recognition for their extraordinary service to the nation and to the rest of the free world.

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Related Topix: Ray Anthony

Nooga.com

Chattanooga Symphony and Opera announces Big Band Fever

The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera's Big Band Orchestra will host its annual Big Band Fever event, in honor and celebration of big band music, Feb.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Opera, The Orchestra

Central Michigan Life

Trumpeter Bobby Shew to be featured at Jazz Weekend

The events will be held Thursday and Friday in the Music Building's Staples Family Concert Hall, Platcha Auditorium and the Bovee University Center Down Under Food Court, featuring different types of jazz including swing, big band and group performances.

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Related Topix: Bobby Shew, The Orchestra, Education Etc.

The Indianapolis Star

Weekend's best bets: Bernadette Peters, 'Art of Love' concert, Black history events

Bernadette Peters, Michael Feinstein Bernadette Peters regularly gets the attention of the Tony Awards; in 2003 she received her seventh nomination.

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Related Topix: George M!, Biography Movies, Musical Movies, Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, Entertainment, Television, Arts, Dance, The Orchestra, Indiana, Symphony

Tue Feb 07, 2012

All About Jazz

It Was a Very Good Year... for Big Bands

Whatever else one chooses to say about it , 2006 was a banner year for big bands, at least on record.

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Related Topix: The Orchestra

Lake Cowichan Gazette

Jazz up your Valentine's Day

The Carihi Jazz Band joins The Little Big Band this Friday for a Valentine's Dance at Carihi.

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Related Topix: Little Big Band, The Big Band, Jazz

OhNoTheyDidnt

Empire Magazine's 50 Sexiest Characters in Cinema

EAMES - played by Tom Hardy; "Inception" 23. DON LOCKWOOD - played by Gene Kelly; "Singin' in the Rain" 22.

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Related Topix: Nathan Fillion, Tom Hardy, Inception, Singin' in the Rain, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Gene Kelly

Mon Feb 06, 2012

The University Star

Jazz concert brings legends, students together

Texas State's School of Music put on a concert Friday night in memory of Eddie Durham, one of the pioneers of jazz music.

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Related Topix: The Orchestra, San Marcos, TX, The Count Basie Orchestra, Jazz

Live Design Online

Seen and Heard February 6, 2012

This new show, under the aegis of the Gershwin estate, attempts to transform it into musical theater-into, in other words, just plain , deemphasizing both the high-cultural trappings and the lowly dialect of the denizens of Catfish Row, and with the recitative turned into book scenes by Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks.

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Related Topix: Classical, Stephen Sondheim, Theater, Arts, Musical Theater, George & Ira Gershwin, South Carolina

Patch.com

Matunuck Man Wins Regional Acting Competition

A Andrew Burnap of South Kingstown was 8 years old when he stepped into his first role.

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Related Topix: University of Rhode Island, Theater, Arts, Comedy Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Gene Kelly

All About Jazz

The World of Jazz Trumpet

Scotty Barnhart The World of Jazz Trumpet: A Comprehensive History and Practical Philosophy Hal Leonard Corporation 320 pages, softcover ISBN: 0-634-09527-7 2005 Trumpeter Scotty Barnhart answers the question in his book, along with much insightful commentary about the way things have developed.

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Related Topix: The World of, Alternative-Rock, Hal Leonard, Jazz, Wynton Marsalis, Tallahassee, FL, The Count Basie Orchestra, The Orchestra

Brandon Sun

She has staying power

Think about that for a second. Sixty years ago, it was the beginning of 1952. A Canadian lawyer had just been sworn in as Governor General.

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Related Topix: Singin' in the Rain, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Gene Kelly, Opinion

All About Jazz

The Count Basie Orchestra and Vocalist...

The pairing of rising star Lizz Wright with the venerable Count Basie Orchestra made for a powerful dialectic between soulful ballads with a backup of two guitars and a rhythm section versus the fast-paced, swinging energy of the Basie band.

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Related Topix: The Count Basie Orchestra, Jazz, The Orchestra, Lizz Wright, Georgia

All About Jazz

Short Takes, Part 2

Columns like "Bailey's Bundles" enable me to address more music, hopefully providing the submitting artists the consideration and exposure they, and the reading/listening public desire.

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Related Topix: Miles Davis, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Clark Terry, The Orchestra, Gil Evans, Isaac Hayes, Soul

Sun Feb 05, 2012

The Daily Page

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra brings New York-style thrills to the Wisconsin Union Theater

The economic model for the touring jazz big band has broken down since the days of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

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Related Topix: The Orchestra, Jazz, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Theater, Arts, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thad Jones

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