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Trombone Shorty brings New Orleans funk to FitzGerald's American Music Festival
Turn It UpTroy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews -- who headlines the American Music Festival at FitzGerald's on Sunday -- has been playing music for 20 years, and professionally for nearly as long. In that time he has recorded a half-dozen albums and toured...... -
"So You Think You Can Dance:" Ring that Bell
Show TrackerLast Thursday I complained that Billy Bell should have been sent home, but this Wednesday he made the judges look smart for keeping him in the competition. While the judges heaped praise and predicted that Lauren and Kent would make...... -
Francisco Aguabella dies at 84; Afro-Cuban percussionist
Francisco Aguabella, an Afro-Cuban percussionist considered a master sacred drummer who also had a wide-ranging career in jazz and salsa, has died. He was 84.
Aguabella died Friday of cancer at his Los Angeles home, said his daughter Menina Givens....Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Salsa (genre), Carlos Santana, Movies, Death
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George Russell dies at 86; composer influenced the evolution of jazz
George Russell, a composer, educator and theorist who had a powerful effect on the jazz forms and methods that have evolved from the 1950s to the present, has died. He was 86.
A MacArthur Foundation Award winner, a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz...Tags: Music Industry, Awards and Prizes, Death, Miles Davis, New York City
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PASSINGS
Edward V. Hanrahan Ex-Illinois prosecutor Edward V. Hanrahan, 88, a former Cook County state's attorney in Illinois whose political career was ruined when Chicago police assigned to his office killed two members of the Black Panther Party in 1969,...Tags: Music Industry, Justice System, Foreign Aid, Houston, Chicago Tribune
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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: Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Arts and Culture, Duke Ellington, Count Basie
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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: Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Bars and Clubs
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10 things you might not know about meat
![Chicago's relationship with meat is both well-done and rare. Once the "Hog Butcher for the World," the city refi ned its carnivorous reputation in 2006 by banning foie gras. But that law was lifted in May after Mayor Richard Daley and others declared it silly. Chicago seemed to come full circle this month when singer Kanye West announced he was opening as many as 10 Fatburger restaurants in the area. A few meaty facts to chew on:](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/53245150-05131623-187105.jpg "Chicago's relationship with meat is both well-done and rare. Once the "Hog Butcher for the World,\" the city refi ned its carnivorous reputation in 2006 by banning foie gras. But that law was lifted in May after Mayor Richard Daley and others declared it silly. Chicago seemed to come full circle this month when singer Kanye West announced he was opening as many as 10 Fatburger restaurants in the area. A few meaty facts to chew on:")
Chicago's relationship with meat is both well-done and rare. Once the "Hog Butcher for the World," the city refi ned its carnivorous reputation in 2006 by banning foie gras. But that law was lifted in May after Mayor Richard Daley and others declared it...Tags: Texas, Bank Robbery, Kanye West, McDonald's, Elvis Presley
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Snooks Eaglin dies 72; blind musician was a New Orleans legend
Associated PressR&B singer and guitarist Snooks Eaglin, a New Orleans legend who counted platinum-selling rockers among his fans, has died. He was 72. The blind musician died Wednesday of a heart attack at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans after falling ill and...Tags: Music Industry, Health and Safety at School, Prostate Cancer, Death, Bonnie Raitt
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Cab Calloway
Sun ReporterCab Calloway, the swing-era singer, actor and bandleader who soared to national popularity in the '30s and '40s on the strength of such hits as "Minnie the Moocher" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," has died at the age of 86. The Baltimore-bred musician...Tags: Music Industry, Theater, Arts and Culture, Movies, Bars and Clubs
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Paris' Quai Branly Museum celebrates 'Jazz Century'
Bump Picasso.
Forget Rococo.
The Quai Branly Museum, a steel-and-glass palace on the Seine River, has news for the culture world: "Three Little Bops" is art.
The Looney Tunes cartoon from 1957 retells the Three Little Pigs as a jazz fable with music by...Tags: Langston Hughes, Elvis Presley, Lester Young, Arts and Culture, Duke Ellington
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SUMMER MUSIC GUIDE
POP MUSIC Greg Kot Chicago Rocks: This annual event has become the premier showcase for local independent hip-hop. Past performers have included Lupe Fiasco, Rhymefest and Juice, among others, and this year's lineup includes veterans Crucial Conflict and...Tags: Music Industry, Lincoln Center, Grant Park Chorus, Road Transportation, GZA
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