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Red Holloway dies at 84; Versatile L.A. jazz saxophonist
Red Holloway, a tenor and alto saxophonist who was one of Los Angeles' most highly regarded jazz artists for more than four decades, died Saturday in San Luis Obispo. He was 84.
The cause was kidney failure, complicated by several strokes, according to...Tags: John Mayall, Arts and Culture, Sonny Rollins, Willie Dixon, World War II (1939-1945)
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Jazz greats to appear at 9th annual ETHS Jazz Festival
TribLocal - EvanstonJazz trumpeter Orbert Davis and saxophonist-clarinetist Victor Goines will perform in Evanston during the 9th annual Evanston Jazz Festival at Evanston Township High School. Goines, …... -
Gil Bernal dies at 80; veteran tenor saxophonist
![Gil Bernal, a tenor saxophonist who during his long career played a variety of styles with artists such as Spike Jones, Lionel Hampton and <a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/ry-cooder">Ry Cooder</a>, has died. He was 80.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63533933-26191051-187105.jpg "Gil Bernal, a tenor saxophonist who during his long career played a variety of styles with artists such as Spike Jones, Lionel Hampton and <a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/ry-cooder\">Ry Cooder</a>, has died. He was 80.")
Gil Bernal, a tenor saxophonist who during his long career played a variety of styles with artists such as Spike Jones, Lionel Hampton and Ry Cooder, has died. He was 80.
Bernal died of congestive heart failure July 17 at Glendale Adventist Medical...Tags: Music Industry, Spike Jones, Mike Stoller, Ry Cooder, Celebrities and Health Issues
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Vibes player Roy Ayers returns, DJ Anthony Valadez unveils mixtape
Pop & HissVibraphone player Roy Ayers returns to Los Angeles for a gig on Nov. 17.... -
Influences: Trumpet player, bandleader, composer Terence Blanchard
Culture MonsterInfluences: Trumpet player, bandleader and film composer Terence Blanchard by Nate Jackson... -
PASSINGS: Snooky Young, Jeff Gralnick
Snooky Young
Jazz trumpeter in 'Tonight Show' band
Snooky Young, 92, a jazz trumpeter whose long career included working with big bands led by Jimmie Lunceford and Count Basie as well as a lengthy stint with NBC's "Tonight Show" band, died Wednesday...Tags: Count Basie, Politics, Music Industry, Vietnam War (1955-1975), NBC (tv network)
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Headliners, lineup announced for Riverjazz festival, June 22-26 at SteelStacks
Lehigh Valley MusicA multi-generational lineup of musicians who came together to explore the legacy of Miles Davis’ 1970 masterpiece “Bitches Brew” and one of the most commercially successful jazz fusion acts of all time will headline Riverjazz, a five-day... -
Thursday Morning Coffee: The POTUS Among Us.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. President Barack Obama is in State College today for the ninth trip to Pennsylvania of his presidency. The POTUS is expected to pick up the threads of his pick up the threads of his #SOTU...... -
Quincy Jones' long and restless song
It had been a long night — a concert, a reunion with an old friend, a midnight meal — but as the clock ticked past 2 a.m. Quincy Jones sat in a rare state of silence in his estate at the very top of Bel-Air. The man they call Q nodded at the...Tags: Kanye West, Politics, Count Basie, Music Industry, Miles Davis
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Lots of ways to mark Memorial Day
![<em style="dropcap_large">M</em>ay 31 was the day dedicated to the memory of those to whom we all owe so much. In Laguna, Memorial Day includes breakfast in an idyllic setting, solemn rites at Monument Point and the joyful patriotic program presented by the Laguna Beach Concert Band.](http://www.coastlinepilot.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-06/54094983-03224635.jpg "<em style="dropcap_large\">M</em>ay 31 was the day dedicated to the memory of those to whom we all owe so much. In Laguna, Memorial Day includes breakfast in an idyllic setting, solemn rites at Monument Point and the joyful patriotic program presented by the Laguna Beach Concert Band.")
May 31 was the day dedicated to the memory of those to whom we all owe so much. In Laguna, Memorial Day includes breakfast in an idyllic setting, solemn rites at Monument Point and the joyful patriotic program presented by the Laguna Beach Concert Band....Tags: Politics, Animals, Local Elections, Laguna Beach, Defense
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Benny Powell dies at 80; veteran jazz trombonist played with Count Basie
![Benny Powell, a veteran jazz trombonist who played with Count Basie from the early 1950s to the early 1960s, taking a solo turn in the band's 1955 recording of "April in Paris," has died. He was 80.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-07/54866311-09214815.jpg "Benny Powell, a veteran jazz trombonist who played with Count Basie from the early 1950s to the early 1960s, taking a solo turn in the band's 1955 recording of "April in Paris,\" has died. He was 80.")
Benny Powell, a veteran jazz trombonist who played with Count Basie from the early 1950s to the early 1960s, taking a solo turn in the band's 1955 recording of "April in Paris," has died. He was 80.
Powell died June 26 at Roosevelt Hospital in New York...Tags: Count Basie, New York City, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Merv Griffin
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Those Hollywood nights
![When the film industry set up camp in Los Angeles in 1909, migrating actors from the East looked around for nightlife action in Hollywood and found a scene that was largely a big snooze. Downtown, the city's social hub, teemed with burlesque halls, and bars on Main and Spring streets had restaurants offering fare from venison to vegetarian. But "blue" laws forbade dancing and most forms of entertainment on Sundays, and there was heavy lobbying to end all forms of drinking.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-05/23495565.jpg "When the film industry set up camp in Los Angeles in 1909, migrating actors from the East looked around for nightlife action in Hollywood and found a scene that was largely a big snooze. Downtown, the city's social hub, teemed with burlesque halls, and bars on Main and Spring streets had restaurants offering fare from venison to vegetarian. But "blue\" laws forbade dancing and most forms of entertainment on Sundays, and there was heavy lobbying to end all forms of drinking.")
Special to The TimesWhen the film industry set up camp in Los Angeles in 1909, migrating actors from the East looked around for nightlife action in Hollywood and found a scene that was largely a big snooze. Downtown, the city's social hub, teemed with burlesque halls, and...Tags: Billie Holiday, Crimes, James Stewart, Clara Bow, Travel
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