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Louie Bellson dies at 84; Duke Ellington called him 'the world's greatest drummer'
Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with far-ranging compositional skills, has died. He was 84. According to his wife, Francine, Bellson died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: Health, Music Industry, Benny Goodman, Hospitals and Clinics, Pearl Bailey
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Herb Alpert donates to CalArts
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEight-time Grammy winner and Los Angeles native Herb Alpert, who in November pledged $30 million to UCLA to establish the cross-disciplinary UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has now given $15 million to the School of Music at the California Institute...Tags: University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Herb Alpert
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Hampton Jazz Festival Saturday
Daily PressSaturday night at the Hampton Jazz Festival was uncharacteristically mellow. The near-capacity crowd was friendly to all of the evening's performers, but rarely did folks get on their feet and cheer. Why could be a subject for debate. But one thing's for...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Hampton Jazz Festival
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Singing while under suspicion in Myanmar
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe military government's tightening grip doesn't give people here much to sing about, and when they do feel the urge to make music, even that can be risky. The generals who rule Myanmar have spies snooping around for subversives in the most unlikely...Tags: San Francisco, Gaming, Charity, Hinduism, Espionage and Intelligence
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John Densmore's jazz education
![THE GREAT jazz drummer Elvin Jones carried on a constant musical conversation with John Coltrane. It inspired me to have that kind of dialogue with Jim Morrison. Not that I was in Elvin's league, but his courage gave me the <i>"huevos" </i>to stop the steady rhythm on the Doors' "When the Music's Over," and just jab at my kit during Jim's rap about "What have they done to the Earth, what have they done to our fair sister, rip her and bit her, stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn, and dragged her down."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/39112350-23142735.jpg "THE GREAT jazz drummer Elvin Jones carried on a constant musical conversation with John Coltrane. It inspired me to have that kind of dialogue with Jim Morrison. Not that I was in Elvin's league, but his courage gave me the <i>"huevos\" </i>to stop the steady rhythm on the Doors' \"When the Music's Over,\" and just jab at my kit during Jim's rap about \"What have they done to the Earth, what have they done to our fair sister, rip her and bit her, stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn, and dragged her down.\"")
Special to The TimesTHE GREAT jazz drummer Elvin Jones carried on a constant musical conversation with John Coltrane. It inspired me to have that kind of dialogue with Jim Morrison. Not that I was in Elvin's league, but his courage gave me the "huevos" to stop the steady...Tags: Miles Davis, University of California, Los Angeles, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Arts and Culture, Music Industry
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Thousands of famed photos ruined
Tribune arts criticThey rank among the world's most iconic images of jazz: Louis Armstrong lost in a reverie; Duke Ellington bathed in a beam of white light; Ella Fitzgerald caught up in a song, a bead of sweat rolling down her cheek. Stored for more than a decade in...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Gaming, Arts and Culture, Photography, Lena Horne
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Into each play, some life intrudes
Special to The TimesWriters believe they can fix the world with a sentence. But it's always the next sentence. Salvation, redemption, the perfect last kiss -- they are all but one elusive word away. So we search. We can't help it. We search. We try. We throw out. We search...Tags: Academy Awards, Celebrities, ABC (tv network), Music, Arts and Culture
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Peterson's personal picks
(Editor's note: In this article, which first appeared in the Times in 1998, Oscar Peterson discussed some of his favorite recordings.) Like many musicians, Oscar Peterson doesn't usually sit around listening to his albums. If he did take the time to pick...Tags: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan
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The Source
FOR THE TIMESFriday October 15, 1999 Jack Kerouac never seemed to enjoy any of the liberating benefits of the social revolution he helped foment. Fatally stung by critics like Truman Capote ("It's typing not writing"), who scorned the stream-of-consciousness...Tags: William F. Buckley, Health, John Turturro, Natalie Merchant, Hospitals and Clinics
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As a Parody of Teen Films, 'New Guy' Is Old Hat
NEWSDAYHey, kids! We know it's close to finals and it's, like, the height of sadism to spring a pop quiz just before a May weekend. Bear with us. It's just one measly multiple-choice question. "The New Guy" is: (a) An argument for the abolition of high school....Tags: High Schools, Schools, Eddie Griffin, Crime, Law and Justice, Texas
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Calle 54
TIMES STAFF WRITERWednesday November 22, 2000 Fernando Trueba, Oscar-winning Spanish director (for "La Belle Epoque"), describes his new film, "Calle 54," as a "musical banquet" to which he invited his favorite Latin jazz musicians to perform at a Sony recording...Tags: Cadiz Incorporated, Miles Davis, Manhattan (New York City), Big Band (genre), Death
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