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Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure after...
Tags: Music, Heart Failure, NASA, U.S. Army, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Jazz legend Brubeck, 91, dies from heart attack
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, 91, died Wednesday from heart failure, his manager, Russell Gloyd, told CNN. Brubeck's heart stopped while he was en route to the hospital with his eldest son for a regular checkup, Gloyd said. His son became alarmed about...
Tags: Heart Failure, Music, Music Industry, Folklore and Mythology, Heart Attack
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From the archives: Dave Brubeck at 90: 'I'm very fortunate'
Two years before Dave Brubeck died, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the great jazzman on the occasion of his 90th birthday. With Brubeck's death at 92, we share our visit to his home in this profile from Dec. 5, 2010. WILTON, Conn --...
Tags: Music, Clint Eastwood, Folklore and Mythology, Bars and Clubs, Bill Cosby
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Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies at 91
The jazz artist Dave Brubeck died Wednesday at 91, according to his manager, Russell Gloyd. He died of cardiac arrest one day short of his 92nd birthday in Norwalk, Conn. The pianist and arranger, born in Concord, Calif., was one of jazz's first pop...Tags: Music, Music Industry, Jazz (genre), Duke Ellington, Popular Music (genre)
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Congress considers Buffalo Soldier for posthumous promotion
WASHINGTON -- One-hundred-and-thirteen years after John J. Pershing recommended him for promotion, Sgt. Paschal Conley, a Buffalo Soldier, would posthumously be elevated to second lieutenant under a Senate-approved defense bill. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-...
Tags: Jeff Sessions, World War I (1914-1918), U.S. Army, Defense, Religious Conflicts
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12/6/2012-Dave Brubeck
I'm a big Dave Brubeck fan. I say am, not was, because his music lives on in my collection. He and Ramsey Lewis turned me on to jazz when I was a teenager with "Take Five" and "The In Crowd" and I've been turned on ever since. Many years ago, Dave...
Tags: Music, West Hartford, Ramsey Lewis
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Dave Brubeck: A jazz icon who reached a massive audience
Dave Brubeck changed the sound of jazz in profound ways, unexpectedly becoming something of a pop star in the process. Starting in the mid-1950s, in fact, he emerged as a symbol of jazz in America, and well beyond, gracing the cover of Time magazine...
Tags: Music, Minority Groups, Viral Diseases and Infections, Duke Ellington, Radio
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Driver in Texas veterans train tragedy has not yet talked to NTSB
Three weeks after a train crashed into a parade float filled with wounded veterans in Midland, Texas, crash investigators still haven't interviewed the man who drove the truck onto the railroad tracks. The detail was included in the National...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Injuries and Wounds, Prosecution, National Transportation Safety Board, Lawyers
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Appreciation: Pianist Dave Brubeck's gift for timing endures
When thinking about Dave Brubeck, you can't help but also consider time, and not just how much of it fans received from the prolific jazz pianist up to his death Wednesday at age 91. A titan of West Coast jazz, Brubeck was linked with California for...
Tags: Music, Jazz (genre), Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, U.S. Department of State
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Long good-byes and longer movies
It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year. •Actors: Peggy Ahern, 95, and Jack Hanlon, 96 ("Our Gang" kids); Dimitra Arliss ("The Sting"), 79; R.G. Armstrong, 95; Luke Askew, 80; Zina Bethune, 66; Turhan Bey, 90;...
Tags: Neil Armstrong, Robert B. Sherman, Simon Ward, Paul Shaffer, Jessica Biel
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Mail Call - Dec. 20
“Potomac Edison: I just want to warn Hagerstown. They charged me a late fee. I have my bill taken out of my checking account automatically every month. I’m going to call them this morning and find out why they’re charging me a late fee...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Theft, Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Talking with Al Jarreau: Jazz legend looks back -- and forward -- at career
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGIn many ways, jazz singer Al Jarreau has found his future by looking back. The first piece of evidence is Jarreau’s most recent album, “Al Jarreau and The Metropole Orkest Live” released in June. The singer, best known for his......
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