L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The newest additions to the roster of Grammy Hall of Fame recordings remind music fans that a kiss is still a kiss, I wish they all could be California girls and to Shake it up, baby!
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Music News: Satchmo tunes jazz up 2010 roster -- The Recording Academy announced 25 additions to its Grammy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, adding to a roster of timeless tunes that now includes 851 titles.
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,...
Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
OK, not sure what it’s like everywhere else, but if London’s West End is anything to go by, then the Christmas lights must be on in full wattage in every high/main street in the commercialverse, reminding us all that God so loved the world that he gave us all credit/debit cards… So what to get for the [...]
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Howard. Just mention the legendary theater in a room full of Washingtonians old enough to remember the place in its heyday and listen. Everyone has a story. For decades, the Howard Theatre was a mecca for black entertainers such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, James Brown, the Supremes, the Drifters. Then the lights went out. It's been years since the theater went...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
In words often used to describe the music of {{Duke Ellington = 6521}}, Myron Walden is a saxophonist beyond category. More so than many other musicians, Walden himself eschews reliance on any one instrument, not tenor or alto nor soprano nor bass nor ... well, you get the idea. The voice that he is striving to use in any particular setting can vary widely from time to time; there is no favorite child...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Ike Sturm JazzMass Self Produced 2009 Ask any jazz fans if he or she knows "When The Saints Go Marching In" or {{John Coltrane's = 5851}} anthem "A Love Supreme" and you will most probably get an affirmative nod. Those versed in the music's history might even know {{Duke Ellington's = 6521}} "Come Sunday" or his Grammy Award-winning piece "In The Beginning, God."...
The Click Heard Round the World (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I got the official word (finally!) from the Boilermakers Band that both they and champion lindy hopper Carla Heiney will be featured on the November 24 episode of the hit dance program "So You Think You Can Dance." Carla Heiney,...
Adventures of Hoogrrl! (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Pink Panel @ The Fridge: Conflict and Identity Meet the Iranian artist of "I Ran Home" Sunday, November 22 1 to 4PM @ The Fridge 516 8th Street, SE (rear alley) Panelists: Erice Robert Parnes, artist Hadieh Shafie, artist Philippa Hughes, moderator **1:30 PM Special performance** Students from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts This performance from the "R Street Collective",...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
As Latin-jazz legends go, saxophonist Ray Santos ranks high on the list. Few living Latin-jazz artists today can claim to have played in and arranged for the bands of Machito, Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez. To give you an idea of what this trifecta means, it would be akin to a saxophonist playing in the Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Woody Herman bands. In addition, Ray is one of only a handful of...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
We try to be helpful to groups that come to town, but it wasn't until yesterday that I finally got confirmation of Quartet San Francisco performing at CAPA tonight. It was far too late to get it in the listings, but here is the info on this quality ensemble: November 18, 7 pm CAPA, Downtown $20 adults, $10 students (free for CAPA students) Here is some of the program Tango Toscana. Jeremy Cohen The...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Today is the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Johnny Mercer. With the publication of The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer last month, Mercer's place in the pantheon of artists responsible for the great American songbook seems more secure than ever. Among the more than 1,000 songs for which Mercer is known to have written the lyrics are "I Remember You," "That Old Black Magic,"...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
European Jazz Jamboree Berlin, Germany September 18-24, 2009 20 years after the Berlin Wall came down, the global appreciation of Germany's jazz is arguably finally getting its due, with no small help from the European Jazz Jamboree (EJJ). In its sophomore year, EJJ has quickly garnered attention throughout Europe, and now the States, too, is (and/or should be) taking notice. Founded and run by entrepreneur...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Once, as they were jamming, {{Duke Ellington = 6521}}'s drummer {{Sam Woodyard = 12796}} called out to Danish violinist Svend Asmussen, "Man, you play your ass off," to which The Fiddling Viking replied, with that charmingly naively innocent wit so typical of his homeland, "From now on then my name is only Mussen...
The White Bench (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Since I've been working for about 14 hours a day for 6 months-weekend included, without a single day of rest or vacation and after I've lost about 15 kgs/33 lbs, yesterday I was about to faint at a friend's house! (... And before you ask, no babies are on the way! LOL). Only after a glass of water with a generous spoonful of sugar, a croissant, a cup of tea and some fruit my friend kindly offered me,...
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soldoutticketmarket | 11/17/2009
The Moody Blues are an English band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressive rock style. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical
jamesgarcia2009 | 10/29/2009
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lisapeters2009 | 10/16/2009
Duke Ellington Festival Session >>>> Download Festival Session <<<< artist: Duke Ellington album: Festival Session Tracklist: 1 Perdido mp3 2 Copout Extension mp3 3 Part I mp3 4 Duael Fuel-part II mp3 5 Duael Fuel-part III mp3 6 Idiom 59-part I mp3 7 Idiom 59-part II mp3 8 Idiom 59-part III mp3 9 Things Ain't What They Used to Be mp3 10 Launching Pad mp3 11 Vips Boogie mp3 12 Jam with Sam mp3 >>>>...
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