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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974) was a famous jazz pianist and composer, widely considered one of the most influential American musicians in history. (Photo AP)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974) was a famous jazz pianist and composer, widely considered one of the most influential American musicians in history. (Photo AP)
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'Anatomy of a Murder,' 'A Man Escaped': crime and punishment
Rather than concentrate on the execution of the crime, this week’s DVDs focus on what comes afterward: first the trial, then, for the unlucky, time behind bars. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture, 1959’s “...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Robert Bresson, Otto Preminger
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Trombonist John Allred to perform at Valencia College
Jazz trombonist John Allred, whose career includes work with such jazz greats as Harry Connick Jr., Wycliffe Gordon and Woody Herman, will perform in a free concert at Valencia College’s Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3....
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Jazz Reviews: Charles Lloyd's/Jason Moran's 'Hagar's Song'
By nature, duet recordings are all about limitations, and an exercise in trying to say more with less. This month marked a pair of high-profile recordings between saxophone and keyboard, and the results are as distinctive as they are rewarding. Say what...
Tags: The Beach Boys, Keith Jarrett
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Brooklyn-based jazz group coming to Richland
Our Town CorrespondentThe Recessionals Jazz Band is coming to the Richland Performing Arts Center on March 23 beginning at 7 p.m. The Brooklyn-based band's “Go For Broke” tour is in support of their latest CD of the same title. Their danceable music has the...Tags: Britney Spears, Louis Armstrong, Concerts, Customs and Tradition, Arts
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Count me in, Cash
Our Town CorrespondentFor years, I’ve put Johnny Cash in the Elvis Presley category: I respect him, but I don’t listen to his music. That all changed when a friend made me a Johnny Cash mix-tape. I tried to tell him that maybe it wasn’t “my kind of...Tags: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Entertainment, Music
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Classical music's spring brings festivals and much more
Spring is, as always, a season for festivals. The big one in Los Angeles this year is the ongoing celebration of the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, initiated by Los Angeles Opera. The Los Angeles Philharmonic's weeklong Brooklyn Festival in...Tags: Entertainment Events, Architecture, Brooklyn (New York City), Robert Wilson, Jean Nouvel
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Community gathers for sounds of jazz
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — The rhythm and feel of timeless jazz music echoed through the Imperial Valley Expo during the fourth annual Jimmie Cannon Jazz Fest at the California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta here Thursday. The annual event featured the sounds of four...Tags: Schools, Entertainment, High Schools, Robert J. Lopez, Music
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Venus Theatre unveils 2013 season as 'Lucky 13'
Murder, perfectionism, family stress and sometimes— in the midst of it all — triumph over struggles, are what Venus Theatre's productions are made of for the upcoming 2013 season. After going through mounds of scripts, Venus Theatre founder...Tags: New York City, Entertainment Events, F-bomb Dropping, Emily Dickinson, Arts and Culture
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Museum of Music introduces kids to classical music with puppets
Lehigh Valley ParentingEight large puppet, representing musicians such as classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms, will come to life Saturday in a program created by the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra and Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre. The “Museum... -
Wynton Marsalis' Pulitzer-winning 'Blood on the Fields' returns
Sixteen years ago, newspapers across America riffed on an unexpected theme: For the first time, a jazz composition had won the country's highest musical honor. "Marsalis swings a Pulitzer" trumpeted USA Today, its message echoing wherever cultural...
Tags: Lincoln Center, Entertainment Events, Jon Hendricks, Pulitzer Prize Awards, USA Today
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Grammy Awards: Mumford & Sons takes best album, Gotye best record; Fun. wins big
Resilient youth was served at the 55th annual Grammy Awards Sunday, with relative newcomers such as Mumford & Sons, fun. and Gotye sweeping the major awards. The Black Keys also enjoyed a banner night. The Nashville-via-Ohio rock duo won three Grammys,...
Tags: Dan Auerbach, Media Industry, Fiona Apple, Lady Gaga, Tom Waits
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Kimberly Ovitz
NEW YORK -- Kimberly Ovitz, the daughter of Hollywood power player Michael Ovitz, showed her fall-winter 2013 collection Thursday afternoon at New York Fashion Week. The setting was the now-vacant Cafe Rouge, site of historic performances by such jazz...
Tags: Anna Wintour, Count Basie, Fashion Shows, Science and Technology, J. Crew
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