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Entertainment Daily: Hale 'Smith is survived by his wife of 61 years, Juanita'

AfriClassical (Free subscription) | yesterday

[Hale Smith; Photo Credit Marilyn Harris (mid-1970s) ] “Famed Composer Smith Dies By WENN November 30th, 2009 Classical and jazz music composer HALE SMITH has died due to complications of a stroke. He was 84. Smith, who performed with jazz greats including drummer Chico Hamilton and late bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, died on Tuesday (24 Nov 09) at his home in Freeport, Long Island. “Smith...

• Famed Composer Smith Dies - Contactmusic Ltd

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack Sheldon

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday

All About Jazz is celebrating Jack Sheldon's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jack SheldonAlong with Lester Young in the 30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the 40s, and Zoot Simms in the 50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Jack\'s a premier improviser... more Website | Videos | Articles...

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Josh Deutsch Quintet at Tula's Monday

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

rom Josh Deutsch: Greetings friends, family & colleagues, Hope you had an excellent thanksgiving! Im writing to let you know about a show Ill be playing this coming Monday (Nov. 30) at Tulas. Ill be playing with some of my favorite Seattle area musicians, so this promises to be a very fun show. Well be playing a mix of originals and pieces from the great jazz composers, including Billy Strayhorn,...

Hale Smith, composer

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

Born: 29 June, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, Died: 24 November, 2009, in Long Island, New York, aged 84

• Hale Smith, composer - News Scotsman

New York Times: 'Hale Smith, Who Broke Borders of Classical and Jazz, Is Dead at 84'

AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009

[“Hale Smith in about 1990” (Photo by Joseph Szabo, The New York Times)] NYTimes.com By William Grimes Published: November 27, 2009 “ Hale Smith , a classical composer who also worked as a performer and arranger with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Chico Hamilton, died Tuesday at his home in Freeport, L.I. He was 84. The cause was complications of a stroke, said his wife, Juanita....

Hale Smith, Who Broke Borders of Classical and Jazz, Is Dead at 84

New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009

Mr. Smith was a classical composer who also worked as a performer and arranger with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Chico Hamilton.

• OBITUARY: Hale Smith, Who Broke Borders of Classical and Jazz, is Dead at 84 - All About Jazz

Sun. March 21st, 2010 - Hilario Duran

HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

Victoria: He has gained an illustrious career and a solid reputation; along with Chucho Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Hilario Duran is ranked among the greats as one of the most important contemporary Cuban pianists.

Power and Style, in the Ring and...

Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Power and Style, in the Ring and the World By Dwight Garner, The New York Times Published: November 24, 2009 SWEET THUNDER The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson By Wil Haygood Illustrated. 461 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. US$27.95. In the late 1930s, when he was still an amateur fighter, Sugar Ray Robinson began lugging an old Victrola record player around with him on the road. He’d bring a stack...

• Books of The Times: Power and Style, in the Ring and the World - New York Times

Auto Motive

b.rox (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Oops, I meant to post this mix to go along with the previous post about the burned-out car. This one’s almost an hour long with tracks by Dizzy Gillespie, Blue Öyster Cult, and of course Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney. As I always I welcome your comments. Note also that 8tracks has just added a new [...]

Poetry Foundation Launches Poetry Tour of Washington, DC

No Tells (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

For Immediate Release http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/announcements.html Poetry Foundation Launches Poetry Tour of Washington, DC Free downloadable audio tour shines a literary light on the nation’s capital CHICAGO—The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Washington, DC, Poetry Tour. The interactive tour, freely available at www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrytour,...

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Ray Santos (Part 2)

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

For years, Latin-jazz has been ignored or unduly dismissed as repetitive novelty music by jazz fans who should know better. While Latin-jazz is certainly foreign to those who have little knowledge of or connection with the Latin experience in America, the music's tempos and syncopation remain exceptional and worthy of scholarship. Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie understood this in their early forays...

Faith and John Hubley "Voyage To Next "

Animation Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

I have the highest regard for the work of husband and wife team, Faith and John Hubley . Sponsored by the Institute for World Order , Voyage To Next epitomises the 1970’s challenge to the establishment, attacking war and the greed of mankind as seen through the eyes of Mother Earth and Father Time, their voices provided in naturalistic fashion by Maureen Stapleton and Dizzy Gillespie , the latter’s...

Monk and the Baroness: Nica Rothschild’s Contributions to American Jazz History

feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Later this month, the documentary film “The Jazz Baroness” will air on cable TV. The film was made by the English artist (and member of the Rothschild banking family) Hannah Rothschild. The “Jazz Baroness” explores the life of Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild de Koenigswarter, the filmmaker’s great-aunt and patron of American jazz. A short write-up (here) [...]

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Zoot Sims: Bossa Nova Sessions

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Jazz saxophonists had a field day with the bossa nova in 1962. The jazz-Brazilian folk experiments first undertaken by alto saxophonist Bud Shank and guitarist Laurindo Almeida in the early and late 1950s became a winning formula for jazz in the spring of 1962. With Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd's Jazz Samba LP racing up the charts, many established jazz saxophonists took a shot at the new beat with great...

EDUCATION: Playjazznow Releases Bebop and Odd Meter Playalong Tracks

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

The innovative jazz education website PlayJazzNow.com has just released a new series of downloadable backing tracks. The latest sets of tracks delve into both classic and contemporary jazz materials. BEBOP STANDARDS is the new collection of tunes popularized by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and their "worthy constituents" in the 1950's. PlayJazzNow offers a fresh take on some of the most...

Dirty Dozen Brass Band This is the Collection download mp3

carmelmartin2009 | 10/29/2009

Dirty Dozen Brass Band This is the Collection >>>> Download This is the Collection <<<< artist: Dirty Dozen Brass Band album: This is the Collection Tracklist: 1 My Feet Can't Fail Me Now mp3 2 Mardi Gras in New Orleans mp3 3 Blackbird Special mp3 4 Oop Pop A Dah (with Dizzy Gillespie) mp3 5 Charlie Dozen mp3 6 Freakish mp3 7 Cissy Strut mp3 8 Don't You Feel My Leg (with Danny Barker and Eddie Bo)...

Dizzy Gillespie Il Giovane Dizzy download mp3

rebeccabacon2009 | 10/16/2009

Dizzy Gillespie Il Giovane Dizzy >>>> Download Il Giovane Dizzy <<<< artist: Dizzy Gillespie album: Il Giovane Dizzy Tracklist: 1 King Porter Stomp mp3 2 Red Cross mp3 3 Dizzys Boogie mp3 4 F Blues mp3 5 Barefoot Boy with Cheek mp3 6 Body and Soul mp3 7 A Night in Tunisia mp3 8 Dizzy Atmosphere mp3 9 Overtime mp3 10 Victory Ball mp3 11 Taboo mp3 12 Caravan mp3 13 Tin Tin Deo mp3 14 Congo Blues mp3...