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Aaron Neville, "War Horse" Creators, Kronos Quartet Highlight New Haven Festival
Hartford CourantThe latest show from the British director and South African puppeteers of Broadway’s award-winning “War Horse,” a premiere of a chamber opera based on a Chekhov short story, performance by Aaron Neville and the Kronos Quartet and talks...Tags: Africa, Italy, Spike Lee, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Long Wharf Theatre
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Geography lesson: Vandermark's Midwest School and Monterey's 55th
The brawny, brainy music that Ken Vandermark presented over the weekend at the Green Mill Jazz Club appealed to many sensibilities. For starters, the very sight of nine instrumentalists crowded onto the tiny stage of the Mill — each a force in his...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Green Mill (club), Entertainment, Dee Dee Bridgewater
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Ken Vandermark celebrates the sounds of the Midwest
Last June, Chicago reedist-bandleader Ken Vandermark convened a high-powered band for a specific and daunting purpose. Colleague Dave Rempis had asked Vandermark to think of something special he wanted to do to celebrate innovative programming by...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Invention and Innovation, Music, Arts and Culture, Old Town School of Folk Music
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Letters From The Editor: Staying awake through all that jazz
My wife and I are trying to raise our daughter to appreciate the arts — not in a nose-in-the-air way, but in a manner that recognizes the importance of helping her develop both sides of the brain. We want her to know a little bit more about...Tags: Movies, Music, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Entertainment
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Winter jazz preview: From Dianne Reeves to Sonny Rollins, a hot lineup
A buoyant winter season ahead includes: "Shadowgraph: Octets by Franz Schubert and George Lewis": The innovative thinkers at the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) perform major works by masters from two centuries and genres. The repertoire...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, University of Chicago, Ray Charles, Sonny Rollins, Green Mill (club)
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Free Music! Joe Jackson teams with Iggy Pop to put a new twist on a swing classic
Joe Jackson has demonstrated his love of classic jazz and swing before, and with today's free track, he's once again up to his old tricks. He reshapes the familiar “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Go That Swing),” into something more...
Tags: Sharon Jones, Count Basie, Boston, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Music
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Playboy Jazz Festival
KTLA NewsThe 2012 Playboy Jazz Festival Order of Appearance Saturday, June 16: The LAUSD/Beyond the Bell All City Jazz Band Louie Cruz Beltran Latin Jazz Ensemble Cos of Good Music The Soul Rebels Global Gumbo All Stars Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Christian...Tags: Ramsey Lewis, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Sheila E., Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (music group)
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Bill Cosby makes more Playboy Jazz Festival memories
As a jazz fan, you really have to savor the select moments of the Playboy Jazz Festival, which began its 34th installment Saturday at its longtime home, the Hollywood Bowl. Because as a stand-alone, multi-day barometer of the state of the music, the...
Tags: Sharon Jones, Lifetime (tv network), Ozomatli (music group), Hugh Masekela, Ben Williams
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All That Jazz: Jazz piano, tap dancing artist set for final Club Weisiger concert
Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts will present Geri Allen & Timeline, a group that has gained standing ovations throughout the country with its tight combination of jazz piano, bass and drums, and tap percussion. The concert is set for 7:...Tags: Fred Anderson, Lincoln Center, The New York Times, Tony Awards, Duke Ellington
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2012 Grammy award nominees: Who will win?
WGN NewsCheck out the complete list of nominees for this year's Grammy Awards. Tune in on Sunday February 12 at 8/7c to see if your predictions were right. Record Of The Year Rolling In The Deep Adele Holocene Bon Iver Grenade Bruno Mars The Cave...Tags: Randy Newman, Bill Monroe, Copenhagen (Denmark), Awards and Prizes, William Shakespeare
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Grammy Awards 2012: Carrington and Corea among jazz winners
Culture MonsterSetting aside more sympathetic choices from jazz veterans Sonny Rollins and 93-year-old bandleader Gerald Wilson, Grammy voters opted for familiar faces from a different generation.... -
McBride, Carrington lead 2012 Playboy Jazz Festival lineup
Culture MonsterA pair of recent winners at the 2012 Grammys lead the 34th annual festival, along with guitarist Vernon Reid, vocalist Robin Thicke and more nods to the worlds of jazz, R&B, funk and pop....
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