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Fifty years under the spell of bossa nova
Chicago Tribune criticIt's as fresh as a summer breeze rolling in gently off the waves, as young as the sun-worshipers crowding the white-hot beaches of Rio. Yet bossa nova—the serenely seductive music that Brazil gave the world—this summer turns 50, an absurd...Tags: Music Industry, Frank Sinatra, Christopher Cross, Charlie Byrd, Ella Fitzgerald
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'In Search of the Black Fantastic' by Richard Iton
Special to The TimesJuly 10, 2008 When Paul Robeson declared, at the height of Cold War tensions, that black Americans would never fight for a nation that had "oppressed us for generations" in a war against the Soviet Union, the actor and civil rights advocate ignited a...Tags: Minority Groups, Culture, Meteorological Disasters, Spike Lee, Demonstration
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John Lautner's ground-breaking style
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFEW GRASPED how John Lautner used architecture to embrace the natural world. He opened a Sunset Boulevard diner to the sky and was dismayed to see it become a symbol of "Googie" Atomic Age design. His flying saucer-shaped Chemosphere residence, conceived...Tags: Norman Rockwell, Bob Hope, George Santayana, Engineering, Architecture
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Java junkies
"They should put a surgeon general's warning on coffee," I once said in jest. But it's not a joke. Whether you're a writer like me, a businessman, a sales rep, a news anchor, an airline pilot, a cop, an orthopedic surgeon, a tax attorney, a pop star or...Tags: University of Central Florida, Starbucks Corporation, Values, SeaWorld, Google Inc.
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Chevy Chase to host Newport jazz fest again
Live from Newport: it's Chevy Chase. Chase, the comic actor and original cast member of "Saturday Night Live," will host the Newport Jazz Festival for the second year in a row. The JVC Jazz Festival-Newport runs Aug. 8-10 at the International Tennis Hall...Tags: Sonny Rollins, Tony Williams, Chevy Chase, Festive Event, Donald Fagen
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Hollywood Bowl conductors Bramwell Tovey and Thomas Wilkins hope to win friends and influence people
Special to The TimesRECALLING Bramwell Tovey's debut with the Philharmonic at Disney Hall in May 2007 (he had already guest conducted at the Bowl) in a program that included Elgar's "Enigma Variations," Borda says he gave "one of the greatest verbal program notes I had...Tags: Music Industry, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Salvation Army, Christianity, Leonard Slatkin
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Wilkins: 'Demonstrate you're vulnerable'
Special to The TimesThomas Wilkins, 51, shares Tovey's gift for being able to shrink the Bowl down to size. He deeply impressed Borda and the Philharmonic staff when he spoke to the Bowl audience at last August's "Tchaikovsky Spectacular." "He has an ability to look at...Tags: Music Industry, Children, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), People, Classical Music
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Music festivals take on the role of destinations
Special to the Chicago TribuneUntil recently, outdoor rock festivals have been associated with mud: muddied bodies, muddied sound systems and muddied minds, soft from baking under a blazing sun for four days in a row. That was then. Today, destination festivals define the summer...Tags: Culture, AEG AG, Jimmy Buffett, Wars and Interventions, Dee Dee Bridgewater
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'Romanian-American' suite taps deep roots
Special to The TimesAmerican jazz and the music of Romania would not seem to have obvious linkages. But, as frequently happens when players from one improvising musical culture meet those of another, common ground -- even fascinating common ground -- is discovered. Which...Tags: Culture, Jazz Music
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A Side Of Chevy Chase You Did Not Know
Live from Newport: It's Chevy Chase. Chase, the comic actor and original cast member of "Saturday Night Live," will host the Newport Jazz Festival for the second year in a row. The JVC Jazz Festival-Newport runs Aug. 8 to 10 at the International...Tags: Music Industry, Film Festivals, Shirley Knight, Morgan Freeman, Nature
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