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Linda Eder sings, and gets sung to
Steve ChapmanAs a lifelong fan of popular vocal music, I'm happy to say that I once got to hear Ella Fitzgerald in concert. I once got to hear Sarah Vaughan live. And Saturday evening, I got to hear Linda Eder. But...... -
PASSINGS: Giorgio Baldi, Gene Shefrin, Ty Jurras
GIORGIO BALDI
Santa Monica
trattoria owner
Giorgio Baldi, 66, whose Santa Monica trattoria was a favorite among celebrities such as Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn and Rihanna, died Monday while on vacation in Mexico, his family said. The cause of death was...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Diseases and Illnesses
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Critic's Notebook: Who really owns Gershwin?
"Who says that only Americans know how to play Gershwin?" asks Gramophone magazine this month as it hails a new Gershwin CD from the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the German orchestra that calls itself the world's oldest. "By this time possibly nobody," the British...Tags: Banking, Germany, Miles Davis, Culture, Music Theater
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Buddy Collette dies at 89; L.A. jazz saxophone player, bandleader
Buddy Collette, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who played important roles in Los Angeles jazz as a musician and an advocate for the rights of African American musicians, has died. He was 89.
Collette died Sunday at...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Los Angeles, African Americans, Jazz (genre), Recording Studios
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Allyn Ferguson dies at 85; prolific Hollywood composer
Allyn Ferguson, a prolific, Emmy-winning composer who co-wrote the themes for the popular TV series "Charlie's Angels" and "Barney Miller," has died. He was 85.
Ferguson, who also was known as an arranger and conductor, died of natural causes June 23...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Julie Andrews, Les Miserables (musical), Music Theater, Colleges and Universities
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Gene Lees dies at 82; jazz historian and critic
Gene Lees, a jazz historian and critic known for his pugnacious, highly personal essays and biographies of such jazz greats as Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman and Johnny Mercer, died Thursday at his home in Ojai. He was 82.
Lees had struggled for many years...Tags: Dancing, Woody Herman, History, Biography (genre), Dizzy Gillespie
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'Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall' by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nocturnes
Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Kazuo Ishiguro
Alfred A. Knopf: 222 pp., $25
Although Kazuo Ishiguro has spent much of his career writing about small events in the lives of modest people, there is nothing modest about his...Tags: Tony Bennett, Marriage, Music Industry, Surgery
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Herman Leonard dies at 87; photographer chronicled mid-century jazz scene
Herman Leonard, a photographer best known for his iconic images of such jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, has died. He was 87.
Leonard died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a family spokeswoman said. No...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Photography, Dizzy Gillespie
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Miriam Makeba dies at 76; South African singer spent 31 years in exile
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who for more than half a century brought the intricate rhythms of her native land to millions of listeners around the world and whose role as a spokeswoman against apartheid subjected her to 31 years of exile,...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Miriam Makeba, Hospitals and Clinics, Johannesburg (South Africa), Los Angeles
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Entertaining with an entree-free dinner
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYou gather with family and friends in the evening as the heat of the day starts to fade and the first cool ocean breezes begin to blow in, thick and sweet as honey. The bright white light of afternoon gradually dims to twilight's shades of blue and gray....Tags: Pasta Salads, Tapas, Almonds, Anchovies, Appetizers
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Irving Bush dies at 78; trumpeter played with big bands, L.A. Philharmonic
Irving Bush, a trumpeter with a broad range of musical interests, including jazz and classical, who later in life served as personnel manager for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has died. He was 78. Bush died Jan. 8 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Death, Frank Sinatra, Los Angeles, Zubin Mehta
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Actress-Singer McNair Dies
Times Staff WriterThe backdrop for Barbara McNair's career — as a Broadway actress, nightclub singer and host of a television musical variety show — was her beauty. In the late 1960s and '70s, at the height of her fame, her looks won her comparisons to Lena...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Fashion Shows, Elvis Presley, African Americans, Social Issues
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