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    May 4, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. 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: Clarksville, Colleges and Universities, PTA, Benny Goodman, Photography and Video

  2. Oct 7, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  3. Dunbar High School resurrects marching band

    Band teacher Charles Funn's voice thundered in a classroom at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, shouting the names of familiar Southern foods as a way to help the students to find their rhythm. You can feel both, he explained, in your soul.
    Band teacher Charles Funn's voice thundered in a classroom at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, shouting the names of familiar Southern foods as a way to help the students to find their rhythm. You can feel both, he explained, in your soul. "Fried...

    Tags: Minority Groups, Music Industry, Colleges and Universities, African Americans, Arts

  4. Oct 13, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. Film helps African-Americans remember a lively Carr's Beach

    Decades ago, a trip to segregated <a href=&quot;http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/beaches/">Ocean City</a> presented far too many challenges for African-American families. Instead they went to a sandy peninsula near Annapolis, known as "the beach," for a day's outing.
    Decades ago, a trip to segregated Ocean City presented far too many challenges for African-American families. Instead they went to a sandy peninsula near Annapolis, known as "the beach," for a day's outing. Carr's Beach — its proper name —...

    Tags: Minority Groups, Arts, Chicago Hotels, Companies and Corporations, eBay Inc.

  6. Feb 28, 2007 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  7. Cab Calloway

    Sun Reporter
    Cab Calloway, the swing-era singer, actor and bandleader who soared to national popularity in the '30s and '40s on the strength of such hits as "Minnie the Moocher" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," has died at the age of 86. The Baltimore-bred musician...

    Tags: Lena Horne, Clubs and Associations, Opera (genre), Music Industry, Al Jolson

  8. Apr 4, 1991 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. For Robinson, acting is a whole new ballgame

    Sun Staff
    Tonight at 8, Frank Robinson makes his national acting debut on "The Cosby Show" on Channel 2 (WMAR-TV) The episode was taped in New York two months ago. Sun reporter Mary Corey spent the afternoon on the set, interviewing and observing the budding...

    Tags: Frank Robinson, Armand Hammer, Television, Bill Cosby, Cincinnati Reds

  10. May 30, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  11. The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Variety
    One legend pays tribute to another with "The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim," an all-music homage compiled by Cinema Novo helmer Nelson Pereira dos Santos with the composer's granddaughter Dora Jobim. The most identifiable Brazilian songwriter of...

    Tags: Music, Music Industry, Frank Sinatra

  12. May 24, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  13. Jazzman Perez reaches out to the world

    In the brief history of jazz, several extravagantly gifted musicians have transcended their roles as virtuoso performers to become bona fide cultural ambassadors for this country and its greatest musical export &mdash; jazz.
    In the brief history of jazz, several extravagantly gifted musicians have transcended their roles as virtuoso performers to become bona fide cultural ambassadors for this country and its greatest musical export — jazz. Louis Armstrong and Dizzy...

    Tags: Panama, University of Chicago, Music Industry, UNICEF, Global Expansion

  14. May 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  15. A summit of Chicago jazz for NATO weekend

    This week's NATO meeting may have put a chill on attendance Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, but it didn't turn down the temperature on the music making a bit.
    This week's NATO meeting may have put a chill on attendance Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, but it didn't turn down the temperature on the music making a bit. So even if the all-star group of Chicago musicians played to a smallish audience, the...

    Tags: Miles Davis, Natural Resources, Music Industry, Concerts, Music

  16. May 17, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  17. Penn & Teller pianist Mike Jones swings back into the Mill

    Everyone who follows jazz piano knows that pianist Mike Jones follows nobly in the tradition of soloists such as Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman and Jon Weber &ndash; hyper-virtuosos who apply a streamlined bravura to the great American songbook.
    Everyone who follows jazz piano knows that pianist Mike Jones follows nobly in the tradition of soloists such as Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman and Jon Weber – hyper-virtuosos who apply a streamlined bravura to the great American songbook. But this...

    Tags: Music Industry, Penn Jillette, Charlie Parker, Emmett Till, Music

  18. May 6, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  19. Sanchez and Blanchard only hint at Gillespie-Pozo glories

    Could America be reawakening to the beauties of Dizzy Gillespie's romance with Latin jazz?
    Could America be reawakening to the beauties of Dizzy Gillespie's romance with Latin jazz? On Tuesday, Cuban-born trumpeter Arturo Sandoval releases "Dear Diz" (Concord Jazz), a Gillespie homage packed with Afro-Cuban classics such as "Tin Tin Deo" and...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Jazz (genre), Music, Latin Music (genre), Music Industry

  20. Apr 29, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  21. A splendid run for Marsalis' JALC Orchestra – with 1 singer too many

    The most haunting moment of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra's three-concert Chicago residency came late Friday night, and it barely rose above a whisper.
    The most haunting moment of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra's three-concert Chicago residency came late Friday night, and it barely rose above a whisper. With an overflow audience crowded onto the stage of Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, the band...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Ravinia Festival, Natalie Cole, Count Basie, Duke Ellington

  22. May 3, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  23. Jazz meets classics: A Chicago pianist teams with Orion Ensemble

    When Chicago pianist Miguel de la Cerna was growing up on the South Side, the sound of jazzand blues, gospel and funk, R&amp;B and soul was everywhere. It blasted out of clubs and apartments, car radios and storefronts, inspiring a kid growing up near 41st Street and Berkeley Avenue to build his life in music.
    When Chicago pianist Miguel de la Cerna was growing up on the South Side, the sound of jazzand blues, gospel and funk, R&B and soul was everywhere. It blasted out of clubs and apartments, car radios and storefronts, inspiring a kid growing up near 41st...

    Tags: Michigan Avenue, Music Industry, Old Town School of Folk Music, Terence Blanchard, George Gershwin

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