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Twelve Great Connecticut Local Band Christmas Songs
- The Gravel Pit, Sucking on a Holiday Treat. An avowed tribute to the bubblegum pop of The Archies (who didn’t release their own Christmas album until just a few years ago), this mid-‘90s pop confection arrived as The Gravel Pit was...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Lawrence Welk, Opera (genre), Hockey (music group), Placido Domingo
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MSO, Choral Arts, soloists and Santa make audience feel Home for the Holidays
katec@herald-mail.comChristmas trees, twinkling lights, mistletoe, candy canes and stockings hung with care — all are traditions of the December holiday season. The Maryland Symphony Orchestra has its own holiday tradition. “Home for the Holidays,” the...Tags: Culture, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Jascha Heifetz, Customs and Tradition, Entertainment Events
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Reinhold Weege dies at 62; creator of TV hit 'Night Court'
Reinhold Weege, who created the popular Emmy-winning sitcom "Night Court" about an often-anarchic, after-hours New York courtroom and its cast of memorably loony characters, has died. He was 62. Weege, who also wrote and co-produced the television...
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Chicago singer Tony Adriacchi loved performing
In the 1980s, Tony Andriacchi was almost as famous in Chicago as his heroes Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra were around the world. Audiences queued up to hear one of the most lustrous male voices to come out of this city, an instrument that Andriacchi...
Tags: Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Vocal Music (genre), Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald
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Talented jazz musician returns to Johnstown stage
Our Town CorrespondentJazz musician Don Aliquo is returning to the Johnstown stage. The Venue of Merging Arts VOMA) is preparing to welcome back Aliquo and guitarist Ken Karsh on Dec. 29 as a result of an overwhelming reception during his premiere performance at the venue...Tags: Jazz (genre), Music, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Music Theater
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Pete Rugolo dies at 95; jazz arranger, composer
Pete Rugolo, an award-winning composer and arranger who came to prominence in the world of jazz as the chief arranger for Stan Kenton's post-World War II band and later wrote the themes for TV's "The Fugitive" and "Run for Your Life," has died. He was 95....Tags: Peter Lawford, David Janssen, Henry Mancini, Entertainment, U.S. Army
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Perry Hall musician keeps Zim Zemarel's Big Band sound alive
It takes a Big Band sound to battle the disco, punk, thrash rock, heavy metal and country-pop now dominating national soundtracks.
But that's exactly what the Zim Zemarel Band has done in the greater Baltimore area for the better part of 50 years.
And...Tags: Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Preakness Stakes, Television Industry, Bob Hope
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Russell Garcia dies at 95; arranger, composer and conductor
Russell Garcia, an arranger, composer and conductor who was an influential figure in the West Coast music scene during the 1950s and '60s and whose work in Hollywood included writing the score for the 1960 science-fiction classic "The Time Machine," has...Tags: Culture, Limelight (movie), New Zealand, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Chaplin
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Talking with Tony Bennett: His career, new No. 1 album, Amy Winehouse and his 9/11 comments
Lehigh Valley MusicIn a world where music artists come and go with increasing frequency, the only thing Tony Bennett has left behind in his 60-year career is his heart in San Francisco — as in the title of his 1962 hit. But...... -
The new Kravis Center season: Whoopi, Yanni, Yitzhak and "Spring Awakening"
The Broadway hits "Spring Awakening," "Spamalot" and "Dreamgirls;" mirth and memories from the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Shirley MacLaine and Don Rickles; the vocalism of Mandy Patinkin, Idina Menzel and Bernadette Peters; as well as dates with Michael...Tags: Monty Python's Spamalot (musical), Don Rickles, André Watts, Roberta Flack, Alice Walker
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Unity Church Christmas Gala/Annual Fundraiser Dec 4
TribLocal - EvanstonThe Unity Church on the North Shore will be hosting a Christmas Gala/Annual Fundraiser on December 4th with a live concert by Margie Gibson, festive …... -
Orlando Philharmonic presents Home for the Holidays
Orlando Arts BlogThe Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is ringing in the holiday season at Home for the Holidays, the fourth concert in its 2010 Super Series. The concert has two performances on Saturday, Nov. 27, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., at the Bob Carr Performing Arts...
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