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Jazz, Baby
His magazine was approaching its fifth birthday, and Hugh Hefner wanted to celebrate in a big way. The founder of Playboy does not think small, so in August of 1959, he had George Wein—impresario of the Newport Jazz Festival—create a weekend of music....Tags: Hugh Hefner, Count Basie, Television, Big Band (genre), Louis Armstrong
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Live review: Wadada Leo Smith and his Golden Quartet
Pop & HissThe trumpeter taps into Miles Davis' fire and finesse Saturday night at Barnsdall Gallery Theater. The spirit of Miles Davis was in the air at Barnsdall Gallery Theater on Saturday night. A genre deeply tied to its history, jazz is...... -
Coleman takes top honors at Jazz Awards
Ornette Coleman, who earlier this year became only the second jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, swept the top honors at the Jazz Awards 2007 on Thursday, winning in four categories, including musician of the year.
Coleman's "Sound...Tags: Music Industry, Ornette Coleman, Diana Krall, Jazz (genre), Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins honored
Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins and composer Steve Reich received the prestigious Polar Music Prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony Monday at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
The Polar Music Prize is Sweden's biggest music award. It was...Tags: Isaac Stern, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Pierre Boulez, Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones
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Davey Graham dies at 68; trailblazing British guitarist
Davey Graham, a trailblazing British guitarist of folk and blues who influenced such performers as Paul Simon and guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, died of lung cancer Dec. 15 at his home in London. He was 68. Graham's guitar instrumental "Anji"...Tags: Jimmy Page, Television, The Washington Post, Michael Gordon, Paul Simon
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Who's playing South Florida?
Sun SentinelMedeski, Martin & Wood - 8 p.m. Jan. 3 at Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale. 18+. $30. Buy tickets here. Bryan Adams, 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 7 at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE 8th St., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets $48.50 to $59.50 at livenation....Tags: BankAtlantic, Dave Barry, Cirque du Soleil, Toni Braxton, Ryan Adams
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Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter, dies at 70
Freddie Hubbard, widely regarded as the most gifted jazz trumpeter of the post-bebop '60s and '70s, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 70.
The cause of death was attributed to complications from a heart attack he suffered Nov....Tags: Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Sherman Oaks, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis
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Great jazz trumpeter, Indy native Freddie Hubbard dies at 70
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose blazing virtuosity influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, died Monday, a month...Tags: Count Basie, Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane
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The Richard Walton Group
Sun StaffHometown: Ellicott City Current members: Eric Robertson, drums; Andrew Davidsen, lead electric guitar; Jacob Yoffee, saxophone; David Meer, electric, acoustic and bass guitars; Mitchell Shaivitz, percussion; Richard Walton, bass and acoustic guitars....Tags: Pat Metheny, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ellicott City
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Jazz Event Listing
BUSHNELL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS June 8 - Wayne Shorter Quartet, 7:30 p.m. •Call for tickets. Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Information: 860-987-5900; www.bushnell.org. GREAT CONNECTICUT JAZZFEST 2002 July 25 - Special event:...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Big Band (genre), Education, Tom Harrell, James Williams
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Los Angeles Times critics take on the nominations
Classical: Feats of enterprise and ambition The Grammy nominations in classical music are no longer a stuck record, with the same famous names recurring in quantity. If a trend can be spotted, it is that the recording academy respects work done on an...Tags: Trisha Yearwood, Shakira, Elections, Faith Hill, Itzhak Perlman
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Variety Of Jazz Offerings
Connecticut's jazz scene sizzles this summer with a variety of performers, including the supreme saxophone smoothie Marion Meadows, modern tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins and the rough-riding trad group Igor's Jazz Cowboys. Meadows, the...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Big Band (genre), Connecticut, Tom Harrell, Guilford (New Haven, Connecticut)
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