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Know The Difference Between Jazz Artists: Dr. Lonnie Smith who plays Creative Alliance tonight and Lonnie Liston Smith who does not play the Creative Alliance tonight

The world of jazz can be daunting, with its complex polyrhythms, dissonant chord changes, and Biblical history of legendary collaborations between and among

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In the current City Paper: Fiction and Poetry, Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, and more

In recent years, our Fiction and Poetry issue has featured a contest that let readers submit their own works. This year we decided to switch things up, inviting

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20 digressions on David Bowie (who is dead now)

1. As a teenager, I wanted to do all the things David Bowie did: He was brilliant but didn't totally take himself seriously and he fucked ladies and dudes and

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Satisfying Blues: Larry Hoffman's Steady Rollin' String Quartet

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Refreshing concert from BSO, conductor Mario Venzago, pianist Oliver Schnyder

Pianist Oliver Schnyder's individualistic account of a Haydn concerto added to the refreshing impact of the latest Baltimore Symphony program, conducted by Mario Venzago.

• Laurel Leader

Montpelier's Dinner and a Movie season starts with 'Bird' [South Laurel/Montpelier]

Montpelier Arts Center 2015 Dinner and a Movie season starts Feb. 21 with "Bird," a portrait of jazz visionary Charlie Parker. Montpelier Arts Center celebrates Black History Month with "Glancing Back and Looking Forward: 100 Years of African American Culture and History in Prince George's County, Maryland," an exhibit featuring the lives of selected Prince Georgians who pursued a variety of occupations and community roles. February is also American Heart Month and Million Hearts, a national

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Senegalese guitarist brings diverse influence to Montpelier concert

Cheikh Ndoye performs annually at Blues Alley in Washington, but mainly plays to crowds on the West Coast. However, on Sept. 19, Ndoye's the Cheikh Ndoye Group, featuring Karen Briggs, is the headliner at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel.

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Live Review: The intimate An Die Musik proves to be a perfect space for jazz legend Tootie Heath

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Lush Life: Terell Stafford at An Die Musik, May 16

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Q & A: Dag Rosenqvist of Jasper TX

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Trading Eights: The Tim Green Quintet at An Die Musik, Aug. 27

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Jazz band to play musical retrospective of style's history Tuesday

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Labtekwon and Wordsmith, two brainy, hard-spitting islands unto themselves, drop deeply contrarian albums

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Freddie Redd reprises role as bandleader in The Connection

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Complete understanding isn't absolutely necessary.

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A healthy dose of jazz

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As municipalities scale back, private enterprises expand, and government employees are maligned

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Tapping into Maryland's rich dance history

Coppin State University is teaming up with the Creative Alliance for tap dancing show

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Three dazzling Baltimore tap dancers finally get their due

• Obituaries

Vernon H. Wolst Jr., Project Survival founder, dies

Vernon H. Wolst Jr., founder of Project Survival, an education and mentoring program that used basketball and other sports to help improve reading and math skills, died Aug. 22 of a massive heart attack at Northwest Hospital.

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Franklin sparkles at the piano

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A 'soul' street gets a makeover from city

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Henry N. Baker Sr.

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Hitchcock's lost 'Lady'

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Before a face adorns a stamp, there are challenges to lick

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Be razzle-dazzled by silent film

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Marathon a treat for cinephiles

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Other notable deaths

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OTHER NOTABLE DEATHS

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OTHER NOTABLE DEATHS

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OTHER NOTABLE DEATHS

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FILM FESTIVAL

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Guests and art both glittered at AVAM gala

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Adm. David L. McDonald, 91, a former...

• University of Arkansas

Bursting to play for world; Trumpeter: Peabody...

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A Messenger shares his passion for jazz Music: Teacher-musician loves America's musical art form, and he'll help you appreciate it, too.

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Abraham Riley Jr., 67, musical performer, DJ

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Marianne Faithfull20th Century Blues (RCA 74321-38656)Rock and...

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Hip, from bebop to hip-hop Norman Mailer wrote Tupac Shakur's epitaph in 1957

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First lady of song Ella Fitzgerald: Dead at 79, legendary jazz singer leaves rich legacy of recordings.

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Fitzgerald, singer's singer, dies at 78 'First Lady of Song' recorded 250 albums and won 13 Grammys

• Dave Brubeck

Columbia celebrates the arts FESTIVAL: Dave Brubeck, Mr. Jazz for decades of fans, is just one of the high notes as Columbia celebrates the arts.

• Clint Eastwood

The Hard Way Film: Actor and director Clint Eastwood has been tireless and deadly quick on the draw when it comes to making and remaking his own myth.

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Chronicling Jazz: from fairy tales to hero worship Books on the music: Artists are not creatures answerable only to their muse %

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Wilson not your typical jazz singer

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Parker fans donate to jazz museum

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How long Has This Been Going OnVan...