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Infotainment (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
How can biofuels be responsible for the food shortage? Economic Times - Gurgaon, Haryana , India And about how suddenly, biofuels has emerged as chief villain of the piece. Huh? I'm none of the above, but hello, what do we normal people pay taxes, ... New Finding On How Memory Is Formed And Stored Science Daily (press release) - USA In mice, scientists are able to determine the strength of these connections,...
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Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
If you’re reading this, then you’re probably familiar enough with current technology to know that these days most of us load up our hard drives - and our portable players - with digital music, picking and choosing our favorite tunes from various sources. Just like before, we still sometimes buy entire albums just to get [...]
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Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
This is Sarah Vaughn (1924 – 1990) singing Perdido in 1955 at the Rhythm and Blues Revue, a musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. She entered a talent contest at the Apollo Theater in 1942 at age 18, sang "Body and Soul," and won. She was spotted by singer Billy Eckstine, who recommended her to Earl Hines, a bandleader with a remarkable ear for talent, who hired her as his band's...
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Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Body and Soul .......... Sarah Sarah Sarah (Billy Eckstine is in there too)
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Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
This was recorded in a small Cafe in Amersfoort in the Netherlands. He was backed up by a Swiss trio with George Gruntz piano, Guy Pederson bass and drummer Daniel Humair. Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) was a jazz tenor saxophonist considered one of the first bebop tenor players. He was born and grew up in Los Angeles, where he played clarinet from the age of 13, before switching to saxophone (initially...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/20/2008
Lew Spence, a songwriter who composed the Grammy-nominated Frank Sinatra song "Nice 'n' Easy" and "That Face," a standard recorded by Fred Astaire, has died. He was 87.
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LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
“Did You Ever Hear The Blues'” BIG MILLER (1922-1992) does “deep blues” by Langston Hughes. United Artists. Clarence Horatio Miller’s first influence in music came from his father’s church but he also heard the blues sung by men working on the railroad. In the 30s, while still a student, he formed a band, but with [...]
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Ernie (Not Bert) (Free subscription) | 12/23/2007
Well, it's been a long wait, but I hope it was worth it. This is the collection you've been waiting for since August 1st, or at least since last week when I pointed you toward the 2006 best-of collection. This collection features many of the very best tracks from the shares I threw up in July of this year. If you're not familiar with Christmas In July around here, let me explain a little. I find Christmas...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/12/2007
The animated fans at Grazie's applauded enthusiastically Saturday night as Jim Coile finished a gorgeous flute solo on the Brazilian ballad...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/19/2007
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 Miles Davis on Film November 20, 2007, 7pm In previous weeks the Jazz Museum featured big band swing by Duke Ellington and Count Basie. This week, Jazz Film Month continues with a classic performance by the Miles Davis Quintet, a group that challenged the contours of the small group conception in jazz. Come and...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/29/2007
The smooth, engaging medium-tempo opener (aoeIt Could Happen to Youa ) of this impressive CD immediately prompts a string of questions. Just who is Marty Phillips? Why was I just hearing of him? Which of the legendary baritones, including Billy Eckstine, Johnny Hartman, Arthur Prysock, is he most reminiscent of...
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 09/24/2007
"POPS" STILL consumes Phoebe Jacobs' life.
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 08/27/2007
It started, appropriately enough, with a drumroll.
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 08/12/2007
It is easy to make the case that Art Blakey is the most important jazz figure to come from Pittsburgh.
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Ernie (Not Bert) (Free subscription) | 07/18/2007
I posted three versions of Snowfall the other day to help cool you down, so today I have to post three versions of I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm to help heat you up. And these really are great versions, each one better than the last. We start with the great pianist Erroll Garner who brings a jazzy touch to the song in his instrumental version. This comes from the album Erroll Garner Plays For Dancing...
