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2 hrs ago | North Texas e-News

Charlie Christian Jazz Festival held in Bonham

For a little while Friday night, Bonham was the jazz capitol of Texas, which is only fitting for the hometown of legendary jazz guitarist Charlie Christian.

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Related Topix: Bonham, TX, Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Herb Ellis

6 hrs ago | WWOZ

Old Sun Ra Poster - Thanks Darcy

OK, we're all busy people as we rocket through time and space on this rock that we call Earth, so I'll make this quick: The annual Sun Ra Solstice show! At least 2 hours of nothing but Sun Ra and the Cosmo Arkestra, the Space Jazz Arkestra, Supersonic Jazz Arkestra, The Myth Science Arkestra, The Astro Infiinity Arkestra, His Solar Arkestra, Astro ... (more)

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Related Topix: New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

10 hrs ago | Evening Times

Jazz singer Carol Kidd on recovering from breast cancer

GLASGOW'S first lady of jazz Carol Kidd will fly back to Scotland this month for an emotional homecoming gig.

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Related Topix: Carol Kidd, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Tony Bennett, World News, Prince Charles

11 hrs ago | Where Toronto

Your Guide to the 2013 Toronto Jazz Festival

The life of a jazz musician must be a somewhat humbling one. On stage, improvising, you're living on the edge in a way that few other performers do.

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Related Topix: Inventions, Science / Technology, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane

13 hrs ago | Myrtle Beach Online

Reviews of new pop music releases

Guitarist Bill Frisell has created a sound all his own, fluid and languid at its core but capable of dissonant distortions and pointillistic precision, and he has flexible and eclectic tastes.

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Related Topix: Bill Frisell, Pop/Rock, John Lennon, Vinicius Cantuaria, John Zorn, Big Sur, CA

13 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Chez Soi presents Jazz Tuesdays

Looking for a way to start the week off on a high note and avoid the mid-week blues? Head to Metlox Plaza and the new Chez Soi Restaurant and Lounge for Jazz Tuesday every Tuesday night beginning at 7 p.m. A member of jazz-vocal group Manhattan Transfer for nearly two decades, Wayne has recorded several solo CDs and has performed worldwide with ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Manhattan Transfer, California

17 hrs ago | KFVS12

Miles Davis statue planned for downtown Alton

A larger-than-life bronzed sculpture of jazz great Miles Davis will be built in Alton's downtown entertainment district.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, East St. Louis, IL, Charlie Parker

17 hrs ago | All About Jazz

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott

Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop.

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Related Topix: Tony Scott, Buddy Defranco

20 hrs ago | Harwich and Manningtree Standard

Ace of bass Spike back on home soil for show

Spike used to live in Little Oakley and performed in Harwich, appearing with the late, great Humphrey Lyttelton at Dovercourt's Phoenix Hotel in the late Seventies.

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Related Topix: Humphrey Lyttelton

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Daily Star

Miley Cyrus reaches out to...

THE WANTED star NATHAN SYKES suffered an anxiety attack as he prepared to undergo vocal surgery in April , because he was so scared his career would be over at 20. Singer/actor HARRY CONNICK, JR.

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Related Topix: Harry Connick Jr., Newtown, CT, Mark Twain, Vocal, Billy Ray Cyrus, Country

Capital Weekly

every Sunday 8-10pm "The Vinyl Hour," with Kyle Swan. Only vinyl...

Tonight Kyle is calling his show, "Ladies Night," you'll hear music by Bonnie Raitt, Joan Armatrading & more.

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Related Topix: The Big Band

Daily Star

Jack Johnson dedicates...

Singer/actor HARRY CONNICK, JR. has written a touching new song to honour the memory of jazz musician JIMMY GREENE's daughter, who was tragically killed in the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre last year .

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Related Topix: Harry Connick Jr., Newtown, CT, Elton John, Pop/Rock, Celebrities

Ann Arbor.com

Preservation Hall bringing the traditional sound of New Orleans to Power Center

The irony is multi-layered, considering the object of Jaffe's efforts was the New Orleans landmark of traditional jazz, Preservation Hall .

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Music!, Drama Movies, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ann Arbor, MI, Entertainment

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Music Critic Jeff Spevak's jazz picks

The ponytailed, unassuming director of the Eastman School of Music's New Jazz Ensemble was Ryan Truesdell's right-hand man in developing Truesdell's Grammy-winning Gil Evans Centennial Project.

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Related Topix: Gil Evans, Ravi Coltrane, John Coltrane, Black Entertainment, Viktoria Tolstoy, New Orleans, Music!, Drama Movies, John Lennon, Pop/Rock

Gazetteandherald.co.uk

Marlborough town's jazz festival trumpets global bill

There's a buzz of excitement in the air now the line-up for the Marlborough International Jazz Festival has been finalised.

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Related Topix: Georgie Fame

Sat Jun 15, 2013

National Public Radio

Terence Blanchard Turns A Tragic Champion Into An Opera Hero

From his days blowing trumpet for Art Blakey to his film scores for Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard has honed a signature sound as one of today's foremost composers of jazz.

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Related Topix: Terence Blanchard, Art Blakey

Examiner.com

Ravinia Benny Goodman Tribute swings

Three exceptional clarinetists and the Midwest's talented Chicago Jazz Orchestra reminded Ravinia Festival audiences why the music of Benny Goodman still excites jazz and big band lovers decades after the "king of swing's" quartet drew a record attendance in 1973.

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Related Topix: Benny Goodman, us Travel, North America Travel, Chicago Travel, Travel, The Orchestra, Big-Band, Symphony, Arts, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Classical

Time

The Cool Pleasures of Montreal's Jazz Festival

Counting the days until I head north for the annual Festival International de Jazz de MontrA©al - or, as it will be heretofore called for our U.S. readers: the Montreal Jazz Festival - I consider why my upcoming visit is still fraught with expectation.

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Related Topix: The Bad Plus

National Public Radio

Two Generations Of Jazz Guitar Tune Up For Father's Day

It's Father's Day weekend - and instead of another tie, Weekend Edition Saturday is getting a slice of New Jersey Pizzarelli.

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Related Topix: John Pizzarelli, Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Stephane Grappelli

All About Jazz

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Erroll Garner

Born in Pittsburgh in 1921 , Errol Garner started playing piano at the age of two .

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Related Topix: Erroll Garner, Errol Garner