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Hinton jazz film at Westport Arts Center
... took throughout his career, during which he played with such music greats as Cab Calloway , Dizzy Gillespie , Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton . The Westport Arts Center is at 51 Riverside Ave. Sunday 4 p.m. $15 adults, $10 students. 203-222-7070, ... Comment?
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The Harlem Hellfighters
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... a ' it was 12 years before the Paul Whiteman and George Gershwin concert at Aeolian Hall , and 26 years before Benny Goodman 's famed concert at Carnegie Hall. Reese's orchestra also included Will Marion Cook , who had not been in Carnegie Hall ... Comment?
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The appearance of Benny Goodman and his big band at the Palomar in Los Angeles in August of 1935 is often referred to as the official start of the Swing era. Comment?
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Pete Kendall: Dance band leader could spin a good tale
... of kids would bring records of the popular bands of the times including Glen Miller, the Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Bunny Berigan, Woody Herman, Kay Kaiser, Artie Shaw and singers like Patti Page, Helen O'Connell, the Andrews ... Comment?
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... an old jazz style: the song-based swing music of the prewar, pre-bebop era. On the face of it, the former Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney sideman has been doing the same thing ever since a ' except that now the fascination is in the fine-tuning ... Comment?
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... love of the genre. "All the music I heard...probably the first music I heard as a kid in the late '40s...was Benny Goodman," says Geils. %Jack Geils Sr. had many 78 rpms in his record collection -- Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman -- and ... Comment?
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TTC Busker Profile: John Williams
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... inspirations? In high school I was a really big fan of John Zorn, an experimental music composer. I also liked Benny Goodman, all clarinetists like Benny Goodman. Don Byron is another one; he's a really great clarinetist in New York City. I like a ... Comment?
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Anat Cohen Quartet: Live In Boston
... and had already recorded another live album at the Village Vanguard in 2009, configured as a tribute to Benny Goodman. But the night was filled with tunes that appeared on her latest release, Notes From The Village . They reflected her interests in ... Comment?
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Obituary: Bert Lawrence was lawyer, politician, hard-driving enthusiast of many interests
... CD titled A Doorway to Jazz, that included 14 versions of the old Al Jolson chestnut, Avalon. Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Errol Gardner and others, up to Harry Connick figured in the mix. For Mr. Lawrence, such a compilation gave the ... Comment?
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Review: As a musician, Woodya s a magician in lively Phil concert
... at the beginning of the show. "We're going to give it our best shot. We hope you like it." Allen is not Benny Goodman or Sidney Bichet, nor does he pretend to be. Even to the untrained ear, he is not perfect. He occasionally drops notes or blows ... Comment?
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Bucky Pizzarelli Performs Live at Division Street Grill on January 2nd
Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli will keep the New Year's weekend celebration alive with his stellar jazz guitar performances at The Division Street Grill in Peekskill January 2nd 2010 at 7:30 and 9:30p.m. Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli has played with everyone from Zoot Sims and Benny Goodman to Doc Severinsen on The Tonight Show, where he honed his ... Comment?
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... most notable appearance was undoubtedly the haunting growl obbligato that he provided to Peggy Lee's vocal on Benny Goodman's hit record "Why Don't You Do Right?" in 1942. James Kendrick Maxwell, trumpet player: born Stockton, California 9 January ... Comment?
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... love of the genre. "All the music I heard...probably the first music I heard as a kid in the late '40s...was Benny Goodman," says Geils. %Jack Geils Sr. had many 78 rpms in his record collection -- Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman -- and ... Comment?
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VSO performs tribute to Benny Goodman
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... , while the movie played on a screen behind them. This week, the VSO is doing a tribute to the "King of Swing" Benny Goodman featuring some of the jazz legend's greatest hits such as Let's Dance, I Got Rhythm, Sing Sing Sing , and many more. ... Comment?
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... and subtle, and at other times bordering on slapstick. He was also a fine piano player, and played the role of Benny Goodman in the movie, 'The Benny Goodman Story.' When Steve Allen began hosting the 'Tonight Show,' there were just over 400 ... Comment?
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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for December 26
... and subtle, and at other times bordering on slapstick. He was also a fine piano player, and played the role of Benny Goodman in the movie, "The Benny Goodman Story." When Steve Allen began hosting the "Tonight Show," there were just over 400 ... Comment?
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and Another Merry Christmas from Me Cheers from the Mother Country
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... Way, and they weren't peep in those innocent years. There were the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall(wow). Benny Goodman live on stage at the Paramount. The Automat and Boston Creme Pie, The Edison Hotel and block after block after block of ... Comment?
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Jazz Concert Tribute to Benny Goodman
The Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools Foundation will present a Jazz Concert-Tribute to Benny Goodman on Saturday, January 16 at 8 pm. Comment?
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Annual Jazz Showcase again features top musicians
... vocals. According to an arts council release, the late Mel Torme said of Ken Peplowski, "Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. ... Comment?
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VSO stages A Tribute to Benny Goodman! at the Orpheum
... slump. On Sunday and Monday (December 27 and 28), the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra stages A Tribute to Benny Goodman! at the Orpheum, running through hits like a oeLeta s Dancea , a oeBugle Call Raya , and a oeSing Sing Singa . Starring on the ... Comment?
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