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49 min ago | WNYC-AM New York

WNYC - Arts and Ideas - The Jazz Loft Project

Photographer W. Eugene Smith moved into a loft at 821 Sixth Avenue, in the heart of New Yorka TMs Flower District, in 1957.

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Related Topix: Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Zoot Sims, Steve Swallow, Bob Brookmeyer, Mose Allison

8 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

'Up From the Cradle of Jazz' returns with compelling updates

New Orleans may be best known for its jazz traditions, but it also developed its own distinctive brand of rhythm and blues via artists including Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and the Meters.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Blues, Professor Longhair, Hip-Hop, Domino, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, Smokehouse

Sun Nov 22, 2009

92.1 LiteFM

The Christmas So... - Nat King C...

For a mild-mannered man whose music was always easy on the ear, Nat King Cole managed to be a figure of considerable controversy during his 30 years as a professional musician.

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Related Topix: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin

Toledo Blade

Ex-Whitmer English teacher was a jazz lover

Andrew A. High, Jr., a retired Whitmer High School teacher who loved jazz and Shakespeare, died in his West Toledo home Tuesday of complications of Parkinson's disease.

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Related Topix: Toledo Metro, Toledo, OH, Black Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, University of Missouri, University of Toledo

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Last Waltz Ensemble Atlanta Holiday Show 11/28

The Last Waltz Ensemble The Last Waltz Ensemble will celebrate rock-n-roll history, The Band , and the music of Bob Dylan when they perform their Sixth Annual Thanksgiving Holiday Concert Celebration at Smith's Old Bar in Atlanta on November 28.

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Related Topix: The Band, Pop/Rock, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Jazz Mass tonight

Imagine an unlikely marriage of a dignified and seemingly somber Latin Mass with somebody like tenor jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins playing free-wheeling riffs at the breaks.

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Related Topix: Coleman Hawkins, Waterbury, VT

Wausau Daily Herald

The Pointer on the Hub: Review: RENT brings love to Stevens Point

Central Wisconsin Hub will occasionally post stories from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's student newspaper The Pointer.

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Related Topix: Rent, Stevens Point, WI, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

WNDH-FM Napoleon

Pick U... - Kenny G / David Sanb...

Kenny G has long been the musician many jazz listeners love to hate. A phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings make the pop charts, Kenny G's sound has been a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations since the mid-'80s, making him a household name.

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Related Topix: Kenny G, Grover Washington, Jr., Black Entertainment

India eNews

Top global jazz musicians to play in capital

Jazz lovers in the capital have an exciting weekend in store. The 100 Pipers Jazz Utsav 2009 Saturday and Sunday will feature some of the biggest names in international jazz.

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Related Topix: Beatlejazz, David Kikoski, Eric Vloeimans, David Binney, The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock, The Allman Brothers Band

Miami.com

Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 14

Jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis is 75. Writer P.J. O'Rourke is 62. Pianist Yanni is 55.

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Related Topix: Ellis Marsalis, Dance, DMC, Entertainment

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Q104.5

Roxanne - Police

Nominally, the Police were punk rock, but that's only in the loosest sense of the term.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Police, Andy Summers

Reuters

Montreux unveils 2010 poster by Brazil's Britto

Brazilian Romero Britto has created the 2010 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival's poster, adding to a long list of striking images by famous artists that have made the posters desirable objects among collectors.

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Related Topix: Montreux, World News, Brazil

The Courier-Journal

Norah Jones, 'The Fall'

Norah Jones' first album sounded effortless, almost serene. The second leaned toward careful, flirting with sleepy.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Norah Jones, Marc Ribot

Inside Bay Area

Teen jazz group to perform at library

After two successful shows, the Live@theLibrary mus ic series wraps up with a jazz concert Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Albany, CA, Alameda, CA, Miles Davis & John Coltrane, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane, Berkeley, CA, Hayward, CA

The Detroit News

Michel Camilo to do piano concerto

Pianist-composer Michel Camilo laughs as he recalls one particular performance of his Piano Concerto, several years ago at Royal Albert Hall in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin conducting.

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Related Topix: Michel Camilo, Symphony, Arts, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Classical, Leonard Slatkin, National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Thu Nov 19, 2009

680News

Cage, Herzog unite for outlandish, offbeat cop story, 'Bad Lieutenant'

German director Werner Herzog says it's a mistake he'll have to live with. He never wanted to call his upcoming film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," but says he was forced to by producers who had their eye on building a franchise based on the 1992 dark morality tale, "Bad Lieutenant," starring Harvey Keitel.

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Related Topix: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Kick-Ass, Season of the Witch, New Orleans, National Treasure, Action Movies, Adventure, Harvey Keitel

IcWales

Shirley Basseya s back in the old routine

ALMOST 40 years after she sang the soaring theme tune to the classic James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, Dame Shirley Bassey is teaming up with Sean Connery once again.

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Related Topix: Shirley Bassey, Sean Connery

Television Week

Hulu, the well-know site for TV and other programming is...

Hulu, the well-know site for TV and other programming is getting into the music video arena, the New York Times' Bits blog reports.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Norah Jones

Montgomery Advertiser

Norah Jones ditches band, piano

Norah Jones ditches her old band, and most of her trademark piano playing, for her latest release 'The Fall.' Jones sounds more confident and stretches her songwriting muscle on her fourth solo record and the second in a row where she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Norah Jones

Nashville Scene

Marvin Stamm at Nashville Jazz Workshop

There are some musicians who are great soloists, and there are others who excel as accompanists or in sections but aren't quite as spectacular in the spotlight.

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Related Topix: Nashville Metro, Marvin Stamm, Nashville, TN, Thad Jones, John Lewis

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