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On the Town: Dancing up a storm at the Ford
While some had no choice but to stand due to a sell-out, standing-room-only house, even those with seats at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre took to their feet in a standing ovation following the Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre’s “Dance in the...
Tags: Benny Goodman, Nancy Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Dance, New York City
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Jazz guide riffs on classics
Tribune Newspapers criticI like jazz, but I don't know much about it. Or perhaps I should say that I know what I like. Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith and Benny Goodman, yes, but my appreciation really kicks in with the beboppers, Monk and Bird and Dizzy, and their spiritual...Tags: Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane
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Maria Cole dies at 89; singer was widow of Nat King Cole
Maria Cole, the widow of music legend Nat King Cole and the mother of singer Natalie Cole whose own singing career included a stint as vocalist for Duke Ellington's orchestra in the mid-1940s, has died. She was 89. Cole died Tuesday at a hospice in...Tags: Natalie Cole, The Mills Brothers (music group), Tuskegee Airmen, Unforgettable (tv program), New York City
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Riley stars in 'Cotton Club': 'Glee' actress lands New York stage gig
VarietyAmber Riley ("Glee") has signed on for a stint in the brief fall run of "Cotton Club Parade," the Encores!-presented musical about the famous Jazz Age venue. Riley, who makes her Gotham stage debut in the tuner, will appear alongside Adriane Lenox,...Tags: Theater, Amber Riley, Superman (fictional character), Music Theater, Music
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Joe Jackson marches to his own beat: Singer's new album 'Duke' is out Tuesday
VarietyJoe Jackson has always experienced a thorny relationship with convention, zigging left when fans and critics expect him to zag right. Since bursting on the scene in 1979 with "Look Sharp" and its hit single "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" he has...Tags: Sharon Jones, Music, Christian McBride, Cab Calloway
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Detroit Jazz Festival lines up a star billing — for free
If you love a gratis groove, you may want to hit Motown for Labor Day. Though the Detroit Jazz Festival has concerts year-round, the main event happens over Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Now in its 33rd year, the Detroit Jazz Festival is the...
Tags: Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz (genre), Festive Events, Labor Day
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Wesleyan University Press Celebrates a Music Maverick
Always In Trouble An Oral History of ESP-Disk', The Most Outrageous Record Label in America by Jason Weiss, Wesleyan Univ. Press, 292 pages, $24.95 (paper), $11.99 eBook While the music scene over the past half-century has been dominated by major...
Tags: Fine Artists, New York City, Unity (music group), Jackson Pollock, Psychedelic (genre)
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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: Popular Music (genre), Dave Brubeck, Music, Jazz (genre), Music Industry
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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: Ramsey Lewis, Festive Events, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Russia, David Warren
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Selma, Ala.: Crossing a bridge into civil rights history
I like to walk bridges. I've crossed the obvious: The Brooklyn Bridge, with its panorama of Manhattan, makes your heart soar. And I've strolled the obscure, including the Duke Ellington Bridge over Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek. (In a world that generally...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Washington, DC, Riots, Civil Rights, Brooklyn Bridge
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Disneyland princesses moving into new Fantasy Faire village in 2013
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBreaking a wicked stepmother's curse, Disneyland's fairytale princesses will be whisked away from their crowded one-room temporary home in 2013 and magically transported to a spacious new storybook village more befitting of their royal lineage. Blame...Tags: Benny Goodman, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Dance, Pocahontas, Trips and Vacations
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Artlandia: A cultural getaway in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — With a new Mark Rothko retrospective (and some even more eye-catching surprises) at the Portland Art Museum, Portland has plenty of visual-arts stimulation to offer — as well as music, dance, theater, literary happenings and...Tags: Theater, Next to Normal (musical), Music Theater, Arts, Mark Rothko
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