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1 hr ago | 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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5 hrs ago | 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

9 hrs ago | 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

New Hyde Park Illustrated News

Herricks Annual Jazz Festival

Herricks High School recently hosted its 4th annual jazz festival. Each year bands from around Long Island perform in the Herricks High School auditorium for family, friends, peers, as well as receive a clinic from a renowned jazz musician and educator.

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Related Topix: Herricks, NY, Dave Pietro, New Hyde Park, NY

National Public Radio

Rudresh Mahanthappa On Piano Jazz

Rudresh Mahanthappa creates an explosive blend of South Indian classical music and progressive jazz.

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Related Topix: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Asian-American, Indian-American, Boulder, CO

Big News Network.com

New Orleans teen shooting suspect arrested

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Police have arrested Akein Scott, a 19-year-old suspect in the Mother's Day shooting in the US city of New Orleans that injured 19 people, including two 10-year-old kids.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, New Orleans, LA, New Orleans

Examiner.com

Lisa Hilton's Getaway is a superb jazz destination

Lisa Hilton offered the perfect Getaway for her fans at Catalina's Bar & Grill in Hollywood, CA recently.

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Related Topix: Thelonious Monk

Times Herald-Record

Liza Minnelli plays Bardavon

Imagine how many interviews Liza Minnelli has done in a career that's spanned more than 50 years and brought her an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, an Emmy Award and a Grammy Legend Award.

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Related Topix: New York, New York, Drama Movies, Cabaret, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Pop/Rock, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland

Thu May 16, 2013

Kypost.Com

IsWhat?! comes to Over-the-Rhine's MOTR

In fact, it took Napoleon Maddox and his Cincinnati-based genre-defying Hip Hop/Jazz/Rock/Soul collective three years after their 1996 formation to drop their auspicious debut, Landmines.

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Related Topix: Archie Shepp, Entertainment

The Orlando Sentinel

BlueZberry Fest & All That Jazz combines fruity treats and lively music

Looking for a different type of community event, the Eustis Chamber of Commerce got creative and came up with the BlueZberry Fest & All That Jazz.

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Related Topix: All that Jazz, Eustis, FL, Umatilla, FL, Sorrento, FL, Lake County, FL

New Hampshire Public Radio -

100 Years Of Woody Herman: The Early Bloomer Who Kept Blooming

Woody Herman , who would have turned 100 on Thursday, bloomed early and late - and then later still.

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Related Topix: Woody Herman, Count Basie, Benny Goodman

BroadwayWorld.com

Photo Coverage: Inside Jazz at Lincoln Center's a Tribute to Bobby Short

Short spent consequential time during his last four decades as resident singer-pianist at the Caf Carlyle on the Upper East Side, where his "gravelly baritone and perfect diction" demonstrated the triumph of character over beauty.

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Related Topix: Bobby Short, Theater, Arts

KJRH

Zoe Saldana: 'Give me a chancea

ZOE SALDANA is begging NINA SIMONE devotees to hold off on criticising her for signing up to play the jazz legend in a new biopic until they see the film because she's determined to do the role justice.

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Related Topix: Nina Simone, Black Entertainment, History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Cleopatra, Entertainment