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St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Singer Vanessa Rubin ( pictured ) is coming to St. Louis to star in the Black Rep 's production of Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday , which will run Wednesday, February 24 through Sunday, March 14 at the Grandel Theater, 3610 Grandel Square (just west of Grand Ave). The play by Reenie Upchurch tells the story of Holiday's last performance at a New York club, incorporating songs such as "My...
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look back in anger (Free subscription) | yesterday
anna was born i l.a. and began her career at age four. between the years of 1919-1961 she made a total of 55 movies. though popular and extremely special, she never was given a starring role. even worse, her characters always perished. she stated that her tombstone ought to read: 'she died a thousand times.' much had changed in hollywood since her hey day which was at a time when california law forbid...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Consortium Ltd. (OTC-UCSO), has acquired a collection of 20,000 of the greatest pop, jazz and classical tracks of all time, from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughn, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams, Jr., Dolly Parton, The London Pops Orchestra and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,...
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Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 01/30/2010
Longtime Shea Stadium organist Jane Jarvis, last seen in this space facing homelessness in 2008, passed last Monday at the age of 94. From the New York Times‘ Peter Keepnews : After eight years playing for the Braves at County Stadium in Milwaukee, she was a fixture at Shea Stadium from 1964 to 1979, performing a [...]
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
Get the popcorn ready. The curtain is about to go up on Kid Ory-- Lionel Hampton--and Louis Armstrong. This week, we take a look at some of the world's top jazz artists--who not only provided music for Hollywood movies--but appear on the silver screen as well...
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Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | 01/18/2010
Btms^ for Monday, January 18, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed Liquor Barns are open from 9 am to 10 pm. Drink 4cast 4 2day: Wild Turkey’s American Honey Liqueur, 2 toast 2 A. A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh, born 2day in 1882. How sweet it is! Y Celebrate? On this date in… 1779 – Physician, lexicographer Peter [...]
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New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 01/16/2010
Any list of great female pop singers has to include Dinah Washington. She was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and started singing gospel as a teenager. She joined the Lionel Hampton band in 1942. This recording is from 1959. Tragically, she died in 1963 from an accidental prescription drug overdose. ...
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AppShopper.com: Price Changes (Free subscription) | 12/16/2009
BigBand 1.0 Category: Entertainment Price: $1.99 -> $0.99 ( iTunes ) Description: The Big Band App is devoted to rare visual clips of musical legends of the Swing and Big Band era such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Nat King Cole, Gene Krupa, and many more. It consists of the earliest versions of music videos produced in New York,...
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The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 12/14/2009
The Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation In honor of the holiday season, we are proud to offer this little mix of music culled from our various albums, archives and projects. There’s plenty of choice old-school tracks mixed in with new school Idelsohn exclusives like the re-mix of the Yemenite Trio by Soulico’s DJ Sabbo. Songs from Lionel Hampton and Marlena Shaw are just a taste...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/12/2009
Lionel Hampton Centennial Celebration Pablo/Telarc - Concord 2009 Lionel Hampton Big Band The European Concerts, 1953-1954 Fremeaux and Associes 2009 Lionel Hampton Mostly Blues Nimbus Records 2009 Straight out of the gate, the first three tracks of Centennial Celebration show why {{Art Tatum = 4818}} is still the greatest and why the artful, entertaining and impressive {{Lionel Hampton = 7376}} enjoyed...
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Ribbie's Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
5 Reasons Alabama should beat Florida for the SEC championship.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
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normawillson2009 | 10/29/2009
Lionel Hampton Olympia Mar 25th 1961 >>>> Download Olympia Mar 25th 1961 <<<< artist: Lionel Hampton album: Olympia Mar 25th 1961 Tracklist: 1 The Birth of the Blues mp3 2 Untitled mp3 3 Midnight Sun mp3 4 Tenderly mp3 5 Alexanders Ragtime Band mp3 6 Rollem Pete mp3 7 Flying Home mp3 8 Hey-BA-BA-Re-BOP mp3 9 On the Sunny Side of the Street mp3 10 Hamps Boogie Woogie mp3 11 Splanky mp3 12 When the Saints...
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