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1 hr ago | New Hampshire Public Radio -

Ray Manzarek, Founding Member Of The Doors, Dies

Ray Manzarek stands with fellow members of The Doors Jim Morrison , Robby Krieger and John Densmore in 1968.

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Related Topix: The Doors, Pop/Rock, Music!, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, World News, Germany, John Coltrane, Black Entertainment

hosted 3 hrs ago | Blogcritics | Blogcritics

Music Review: Oscar Pettiford - Lost Tapes

Bebop bassist Oscar Pettiford made his reputation playing with many of the cutting edge jazz artists of the '40s and '50s. An innovative force, his work with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell and a host of other jazz giants is often credited with expanding and extending the melodic range and solo possibilities of an instrument more often than not limited to the rhythm section. Late in the '40s, while recovering from a broken arm, he added the cello to his repertoire.

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Related Topix: Oscar Pettiford, Miles Davis, Black Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Music, Entertainment

7 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Sarah Vaughan: A New Box Set Revels In Glorious Imperfections

Singer Sarah Vaughan came up in the 1940s alongside bebop lions Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker , starting out in Earl Hines ' big band.

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Related Topix: Sarah Vaughan, Black Entertainment, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Miles Davis

7 hrs ago | New Hampshire Public Radio -

Sarah Vaughan: A New Box Set Revels In Glorious Imperfections

Singer Sarah Vaughan came up in the 1940s alongside bebop lions Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker , starting out in Earl Hines ' big band.

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Related Topix: Sarah Vaughan, Black Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Earl Hines, Miles Davis

9 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com

The Hartt School Welcomes Javon Jackson as Associate Professor of Jazz

The Hartt School will welcome acclaimed tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson as Associate Professor of Jazz and Chair of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz.

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Related Topix: Javon Jackson, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

hosted 13 hrs ago | Blogcritics | Blogcritics

Music Review: Pablo Ziegler & Metropole Orkest - Amsterdam Meets New Tango

"Buenos Aires Report," the opening composition of Argentine pianist/composer Pablo Ziegler's collaboration with the Netherlands' Metropole Orkest, Amsterdam Meets New Tango, is a good indication of the emotional grit that characterizes the album's aesthetic. Ziegler, as Gustavo Conde's liner notes explain, is "a key exponent of contemporary Buenos Aires urban music, centered on pure tango" seasoned with "aspects of jazz improvisation." This is the new tango, a genre pioneered by Astor Piazzolla , and Ziegler had learned from the master.

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Related Topix: Tango, Pablo Ziegler, Piazzolla, Astor Piazzolla, Al Jarreau, Music, Entertainment

18 hrs ago | Daily Star

Jamie Cullum... and all...

JAMIE CULLUM reckons he used to be a show-off but he's stopped trying to be flash thanks to his supermodel wife Sophie Dahl.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Patch.com

Jazz Festival Returns to Waterfront Park

The City of Alexandria is hosting its host 36th annual Memorial Day Jazz Festival May 27, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Waterfront Park at the foot of Prince Street.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US Military, US Navy, The Big Band

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Marsalis speaks, plays at UVM commencement

Many studies say the job market for college graduates is still weak -- but improving.

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Related Topix: Wynton Marsalis

WMGL-FM North Charleston

Natalie Cole "Seriously Offended" by Candice/J-Hud American Idol Duet

Most people watching the American Idol finale Thursday night would say that the duet that Candice Glover sang with Jennifer Hudson on the song "Inseparable" was one of the highlights of the evening.

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Related Topix: Natalie Cole, Jennifer Hudson

KSDK-TV Saint Louis

The Crusaders are eyeing another state title

The St.Dominic Crusaders' ladies soccer team is no stranger to the spotlight. They are the defending Class 2 state champions and are undefeated this season.

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All About Jazz

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Kai Winding

As a sideman to bop's reigning kings ' Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Tadd Dameron ' he was more a bridesmaid than a bride... Read more.

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Related Topix: Kai Winding, Fats Navarro, Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Loyola camps focus on jazz

The summer jazz band camp runs June 16-20. The program provides opportunities for students to increase skills, understanding and appreciation of jazz by working closely with the Loyola jazz faculty.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Louis Armstrong, Ambient, Armstrong

Sat May 18, 2013

Examiner.com

LA Jazz Scene concert

There will be a concert in connection with the 25th anniversary of LA Jazz Scene newspaper on Sunday, May 19, at 12 noon at the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Phil Upchurch

Examiner.com

Superstar soprano Kathleen Battle returns to Strathmore in evening of spirituals

Superstar soprano Kathleen Battle brings her "Underground Railroad" program back to the Music Center at Strathmore .

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Related Topix: Underground Railroad, Symphony, Arts, Cyrus Chestnut, Opera, Classical

Patch.com

Grammy Winner Delfeayo Marsalis, Performs at Raue Center

Grammy Award-winning producer and NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis brings "Sweet Thunder" to the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake.

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Related Topix: Crystal Lake, IL, Duke Ellington, New Orleans

Star-Telegram.com

New Orleans says gunfire won't end 'second lines'

New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, New Orleans, Music!, Life, Holidays, Mother's Day

The Independent

Jazz star Jamie Cullum to play charity rooftop gig

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Bloomberg

The Killers, Cocktails, Unicorn, Levine, Great GoogaMooga: NYC Weekend

Bassist Mark Stoermer, singer Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Killers, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Palisades, NY

Fri May 17, 2013

NOLA.com

Second-line advocates, musicians worry about the tradition

The Original Big 7 Social Aid & Pleasure Club with the Original Big 7 Junior Steppers second-line with a brass band down Pauger Street as part of the 7th Ward Festival in celebration of Mother's Day in 2009.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Mother's Day, New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Music, Entertainment