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Little Bear's jazz roots run deep

Denny Mintle was having a hard time figuring out why Duke Ellington had sent him a Christmas card. In the spring.

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Midnight Album Spotlight: Billie Holiday - The Legacy Box 1933-1958

“Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.” — Billie Holiday Manhattan 1944. A smoky jazz band simmers. The lights come up on a regal, almost-too-calm woman in white. She seems as if she’s sat on that stool forever. The music swells past the intro she leans in [...]

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Sarah Vaughan Is Just What I Needed..

.. tonight! Love muffins sometimes we all need a little Sarah Vaughan in our lives and for me tonight I really needed a special dose. As soon as I turned her on, she put me instantly at ease and my soul was at peace. Here’s the jazz legend singing one of my favorite songs of [...]

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Funky16Corners Radio v.54 - Come Together b/w 1,000,000 Hits

Funky16Corners Radio v.54 - Come Together Playlist Dionne Warwick – We Can Work It Out (Scepter) Jackie WilsonEleanor Rigby (Brunswick) Don Randi Trio – Taxman (Reprise) Count Basie Orchestra – Come Together (Happy Tiger) Jimmy Caravan – A Day In the Life (Tower) Gabor Szabo – Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds (Impulse) Ella Fitzgerald – Hey Jude (MPS/Prestige) Bobby Bryant – [...]

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Book Notes - Jonathan Evison ("All About Lulu")

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. When it comes to literary fiction, I can always depend on Soft Skull to publish books...

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Detroit Metro CVB and Partners Announce Return of '3 Days in The D' Labor Day Weekend in Metro Detroit

DETROIT, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Green initiatives, the world's largest live festival blog, a new racing series and rich jazz traditions from Detroit and Philadelphia are among the new features offered at "3 Days in The D" this Labor Day weekend, the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB) announced today. (Logo: ) Three signature events, the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Detroit International...

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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Berklee College of Music Present an Evening of Basie-Style Swing

Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present an evening of swinging big band music in the style of Count Basie in Roxbury's historic Fort Hill neighborhood with Kendrick Oliver and The New Life Jazz Orchestra and opener Lawrence Fields and his quartet. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 3, at the four-acre Highland Park on Fort Avenue, Roxbury, weather permitting....

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EVENT: Berklee College of Music Jazz in the Park

ANNUAL JAZZ AT THE FORT CONCERT IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present an evening of swinging big band music in the style of Count Basie in Roxbury's historic Fort Hill neighborhood with Kendrick Oliver and The New Life Jazz Orchestra and opener Lawrence Fields and his quartet. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 3, at 5:00 p.m.,...

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William Bell, Stax and Soul

“(C)2008 Jelmer de Haas” July 19th - Waiting for William Bell at an Amsterdam hotel, I was sipping on some coffee while all the classic Soul hits played in the background. The records from Stax and Motown, that once shook the world, struck me as the perfect background to interview the man who was a big [...]

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Bassist Buddy Catlett, a Seattle native, brings jazz home

Legendary bassist Buddy Catlett keeps jazz alive in Seattle.

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Mt. Pleasant history squeezed by urban sprawl

As Mount Pleasant continues to boom, it is having to find a way to balance growth with history. And, in at least one case it seems like growth is winning: The 140-year-old African American community of Scanlonville.

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Great Jazz Pianists and Their Contributions to Music

Some of the greatest piano players in history became known for their proficiency in jazz. Technicality and a heavy reliance upon the ability of the musician to improvise makes jazz piano one of the hardest styles to learn. That does NOT mean, however, that it can’t be learned, but to get to the highest rungs [...]

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Department Of Chumplification

One of the minor Acelings over at Ace of Spades HQ, one Dave in Texas, has become informed that this week’s infamous New Yorker cover is “satire to show how bigoted and ignorant the red-staters are,” and is moved to correct the notion that right-wingers are bigoted and ignorant: …The New Yorker sucks canal water. It’s [...]

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Harlem on My Mind

Can’t decide what to do tonight? You still have time to make it up to the Bronx to check out First Fridays! Harlem on My Mind A Celebration of Jazz, Swing and Tap Jams Tonight, July 11, 6 to 10 pm South Building—Lower Gallery Bronx Museum of the Arts Admission: Free Featuring the sounds of the Ray Abrams Big Swing [...]