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An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits
That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party,"...Tags: Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, LSD, Science and Technology
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2012 National Recording Registry selections unveiled
This post has been updated. See note below for details. Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is no longer just the rock album that has logged more weeks than any other on Billboard’s national album chart nor merely the one acid...
Tags: Library of Congress, Mirrors (movie), The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Arts and Culture, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Album review: Atoms for Peace, 'Amok'
2.5 stars (out of 4) There’s a skip to Thom Yorke’s step from the get-go on his first album with Atoms for Peace, the side project the Radiohead singer introduced on tour in 2009-10. Atoms for Peace includes the Red Hot Chili Peppers&...
Tags: Music, The Red Hot Chili Peppers (music group), Lotus (music group), Flea (music artist), Thom Yorke
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SFJAZZ plays another bold riff
SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he...
Tags: Central Park, Concerts, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Frank Gehry
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3 Cohens, many influences
UPDATE: Due to inclement weather in the Northeast and the resulting flight cancellations across the region, the 3 Cohens concert scheduled for Feb. 9 has been canceled. Tickets will be refunded at the Miniaci box office. George Wein's Newport All-...
Tags: Music, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Air Transportation Delays, Ella Fitzgerald
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Jayne Cortez dies at 78; poet and performance artist
Before the ashes and the anguish, before the 1965 riots and the spotlight of attention that followed, there was a pocket of people already fighting for Watts. They fought for the arts and for the black community from a building on Grandee Avenue and...
Tags: Heart Failure, Music, Arts and Culture, New York City, Poetry
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Taylor Ho Bynum Premieres His Prince Project at Real Art Ways in Hartford
Taylor Ho Bynum Ensemble: The Prince Project World Premiere Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m., $10-$15, Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford, (860) 232-1006, realartways.org Franz Liszt did it. So did Gustav Mahler, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Anthony...
Tags: Thelonious Monk, Liz Phair, Miles Davis, Music, Genres
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Jazz bass legend Charlie Haden yearns to perform again
The revered jazz bassist Charlie Haden hopes he can give a brief speech when he picks up his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy the day before the Grammys are broadcast on Feb. 10. But Haden sometimes has difficulty speaking, and...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Movies, Polio, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in...
Tags: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Artists, Arts and Culture, Isabel Allende, Rodney King
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Bang on a Can All-Stars Perform at The Quick Center in Fairfield on Jan. 26
Since 1992, the Bang on a Can All-Stars have worked with avant-garde musicians like Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Burmese circle drum master Kyaw Kyaw Naing and DJ Spooky. They recorded Brian Eno's ambient Music for Airports, and they've performed with...
Tags: Music, Philip Glass, Entertainment, Fairfield University, Brian Eno
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On the edge with Billy Martin
During a midday hike along the cliffs of northern New Jersey, overlooking the Hudson River, drummer Billy Martin walks on isolated paths spotted with melting snow. "It's really beautiful," he says, panting. "There's nobody here." His breath becomes...
Tags: Music, Hudson River, Entertainment, Galactic (music group), Grateful Dead (music group)
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Fontella Bass: An appreciation
There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power. One is a gut-busting soul cry, “Rescue Me,” a propellant R&B banger from 1965 that became Bass' signature. The other, equally vital, is a nine-minute thrill...
Tags: Josephine Baker, Chuck Berry, The Staple Singers (music group), Etta James, Miles Davis
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