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Alfred Gallodoro, renowned musician, dies at 95
zachary.dowdy@newsday.comEven at 5, Alfred J. Gallodoro was persistent, if not impatient. He so yearned to play the clarinet that he dragged his father's instrument out of the closet and begged to be allowed to play. Two years later, perhaps impishly, he did it again. His...Tags: Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Bob Hope, Music Industry, Les Paul
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The Dunbar in South L.A., once a landmark, has lost its beat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 1957, Jimmy Steward graduated from high school in El Dorado, Ark., which had piney woods and pretty promenades left over from an oil boom, but no jobs to speak of. Like many others, he looked west for work, and landed in South Los Angeles, where,...Tags: Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Economic Policy
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Jazz master, Eustis native to bring their piano magic
Sentinel Staff WriterTwo well-known pianists will bring some music this month when they play on their grand pianos in grand style during events in Ocala and Eustis. Jazz veteran Dick Hyman, whose career stems from the early 1950s, will perform during Appleton Museum of Art's...Tags: George Gershwin, Music Theater, Arlo Guthrie, Classical Music, Cole Porter
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Tenor Saxophonist James Moody's Quartet Charms Yale Audience
Special To The CourantNEA Jazz Master James Moody charmed the New Haven audience with his easygoing swing and quick wit at Yale University's Sprague Hall Friday. Moody's quartet played a smart, if predictable, mix of pop and jazz standards. Pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist...Tags: Dizzy Gillespie, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Moody's Corporation, Jazz Music, Yale University
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Hi-de-hi! Plans to preserve Cab Calloway's NY home
If those walls could talk! Officials in New York's Westchester County are working with Cab Calloway's family on efforts to reacquire and preserve the home of the renowned jazz musician and bandleader. Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr. and...Tags: Cab Calloway, Music Industry, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., Homes
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Kicking off 'Music Alive'
Sentinel Staff WriterActor Grant Norman, who has made his mark on Broadway, film and television, will kick off Music Live Inc.'s 2008-09 opera series with a gala Broadway concert titled "Broadway on Tour" in October. The five-part series will be in the Paul P. Williams...Tags: Lake-Sumter Community College, Colleges and Universities, Music Theater, Leesburg, Classical Music
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Deaths last week
Tina Allen, 58, artist whose monumental sculptures of prominent blacks through history fill public spaces across the United States; Sept. 16, in Los Angeles, of heart attack complications. Maurits "Bob" Blomberg, 86, principal engineer for Miehle-Goss-...Tags: Music Theater, Minority Groups, DePaul University, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Breaking Free
Of The Morning CallDavid K. McDonogh wasn't good at taking orders. In letters written from Lafayette College in the 1840s, to the man he called "father," he asked for money but not advice and dismissed demands to pursue missionary work abroad. It was questionable for an...Tags: Lafayette College, Hospitals and Clinics, Slavery, Medicine, Death and Dying
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Paul Newman: A Legend Dies At 83
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTPaul Newman was a stage actor who became a movie star. A sex symbol who celebrated 50 years of marriage with his second wife. A grieving father who turned to philanthropy after the death of his only son. A citizen activist who campaigned for liberal...Tags: United Nations, Trumbo, Music Theater, Lowell Weicker, Martin Scorsese
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Franklin sparkles at the piano
Rachel Franklin brings musical insight and passion to her jazz playing and her pre-concert lectures at the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. The musicologist has prepared symphony audiences in pre-concert lectures since 1996. Franklin provides a deeper...Tags: Jazz Music, Kurt Weill, Music Industry, Wedding Services, Peabody Conservatory
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Wonderful Smith, boundary-pushing comedian, dies at 97
LOS ANGELES - Wonderful Smith, whose boundary-pushing comedy routine in Duke Ellington's satirical revue "Jump for Joy" - staged in Los Angeles in 1941 - helped the black cast rebel against racial stereotypes in entertainment, has died. He was 97....Tags: Northridge
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Sonny Rollins regal in Jazz Fest opener
Chicago Tribune criticStill majestic in tone and generous in spirit, saxophonist Sonny Rollins gave the 30th annual Chicago Jazz Festival precisely what it needed and deserved: a regal opening night. With an estimated 13,000 listeners swarming the Pritzker Pavilion in...Tags: Millennium Park, Jazz Music, Sonny Rollins, Chicago Jazz Fest
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