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David Liebman Quartet Play Wesleyan University in Middletown on July 19
David Liebman Quartet, July 19, Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown. Every time David Liebman takes the stage, one imagines the disembodied spirits of John Coltrane and Miles Davis nodding in approval. Ever since the 66-year-old...
Tags: Entertainment, Music Industry, Cole Porter, Music, Ornette Coleman
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Levitt Pavilion: Saxophonist Ernie Watts says band has a 'common bond'
Tenor saxophonist and bandleader Ernie Watts has long been identified as a Los Angeles artist, but his local appearances are a precious commodity. He spends much of the year traveling the world as a visiting soloist or relaxing at home in Cambria, so when...
Tags: Marvin Gaye, Entertainment, Carole King, The Rolling Stones (music group), Music
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Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88
Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went out of his way to avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles...
Tags: Chicago Jazz Fest, Horse and Harness Racing, Chicago, Tetanus, Nat King Cole
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A heady brew of movie dreams
The cafe is narrow, with a dozen little tables and a gray concrete floor. Nothing too fancy. Nothing too shiny. No espresso poured into designer porcelain with a dusting of organic cacao and a layer of orange-infused, textured milk. No movie stars. Or...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Hospitals and Clinics, Movies, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Hack Wilson
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Universal Language
LA Times MagazineTom Schnabel and Jordan Peimer riff on world music, audience pleasers...and what doesn't sell in L.A.... -
An epic documentary tries to tell the story of reggae giant Bob Marley
Marley May 26 – 31, Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford, (860) 232-1006, realartways.org In Denis Johnson's 1985 post-apocalyptic novel Fiskadoro, the world has experienced a catastrophic nuclear event, and pockets of civilization fashion a...
Tags: Western Africa, Religion and Belief, Jamaica, Documentary (genre), Michael Jackson
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Datebook
Sunday, May 6 Lecture The Columbia Jewish Congregation Adult Education Committee presents Dr. Carolivia Herron speaking on "Out of Africa: Jewish Stories From Ethiopia And Zimbabwe" at 9:30 a.m. at Oakland Mills High School, 9410 Kilimanjaro Road in...Tags: Benny Goodman, High Schools, Billy Strayhorn, Music, Ellicott City
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Pulling Back, Pushing Forward: Steve Lehman Trio plays Firehouse 12 in New Haven on April 13
So much of contemporary jazz has to do with balancing invention and reinvention, figuring out what remains relevant and generative about trends from the last fifty years while developing new systems that, if they don't necessarily push the genre forward,...
Tags: Entertainment, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Music Industry, Brooklyn (New York City), Music
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Playwright Explores Themes Of Redemption, Love In 'Water By The Spoonful'
The Hartford CourantQuiara Alegria Hudes had no plans to write a trilogy after she completed her play, "Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue," which went on the be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. Hudes went on to other projects, including the Broadway musical "In the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Goodman Theatre, Religion and Belief, Broadway Theater, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Teddy Charles dies at 84; jazz vibraphonist and composer
Teddy Charles, a jazz vibraphonist who performed with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and other bebop-era jazz greats before becoming a charter boat captain in the Caribbean, died Monday at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead on New York's...
Tags: Benny Goodman, Music, Stan Getz, Sailing, Concerts
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'Fela!' a swirl of African jams, justice
Deep into "Fela!," when Fela Anikulapo-Kuti stands defiant at The Shrine, even as the Nigerian military authorities try to break the back of his collective family, the cast of the touring musical brings out some coffins as a political memorial to those...Tags: Music, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Oriental Theater, Concerts
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