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My favorite concerts of 2009, in Madison and (slightly) beyond
... Parsons, ending with his sublime duets with the young Emmylou Harris. I became fascinated with a Danish CD of Count Basie's radio broadcasts from a New York club in 1941. What a great reminder that jazz was, first of all, popular dance music. When ... Comment?
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Ring in the New Year on your Satellite Radio
... at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI New Jersey rock and roll legend Southside Johnny's concert at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ Little Feat's concert at the Recher Theatre in Towson, MD. Willie Nelson's concert, recorded live at his ... Comment?
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Inside Wolfgang's Jazz Vault: Newport 1959
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... are five songs from Newport '59 that Ben Ratliff and I listened to intensely. The comments are mostly Ratliff's. Count Basie Orchestra Album: Newport Jazz Festival 1959 Song: The Deacon This is prime Atomic Basie -- the New Testament Band at its ... Comment?
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Gerald Carpenter: Ring In 2010 with Santa Barbara Symphony
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... If It Ain't Got That Swing," "Satin Doll," "In a Sentimental Mood" and "Things Ain't What They Used To Be"; Count Basie's "Basie's Back In Town," "Lullaby For Basie" and, of course, "One O'Clock Jump"; Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" (from The ... Comment?
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... exceedingly plush arrangements-the band's lineup is 19 strong. Much of the album has a strong retro vibe-the Count Basie oomph of the shuffle blues "Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey," the smoky ambience of "My Funny Valentine"-but Hargrove doesn't completely ... Comment?
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Tamir Hendelman: Living a Dream
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... then I heard some jazz musicians who came to Israel: Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin , the Swingles Singers, and Count Basie -and it was, wow . I began to get exposed more heavily into that. I left Israel when I was about 12, and in the U.S. I ... Comment?
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... Roots of Jazz; New Orleans; New York in the 1920s; Louis Armstrong and the first Great Soloists, Swing Bands; Count Basie and Duke Ellington; A World of Soloists; Rhythm in Transition; Modern Jazz: Bebop; The 1950s: Cool Jazz and Hard Bop; Jazz ... Comment?
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The iconic Cotton Club, where luminaries like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald performed for the white only audience and where George Gershwin, Al Jolson, Irving Berlin and Mae West would appear on Sunday "Celebrity Nights'. TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO HARLEM, N.Y. a ' I did a Stephen Harper. Comment?
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Southside and the Jukes still don't want to go home
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... off, the economy went into the dumps. So when Southside Johnny plays his annual New Year's Eve show at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, well, he just might be celebrating the fact that the darn decade is over. "I try not to look at the ... Comment?
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FESTIVAL/CRUISE: 2010 Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival
... won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. Headlining the festival, back by popular demand, is ... Comment?
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... 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 he also took the young musician to concerts, a performance by Louis Armstrong when he ... Comment?
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Cops Rescue Eight Puppies
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... prefer they be named after the Jazz greats. Take your pick: Louie,Bird, Duke, Bix, King Oliver, Jelly Roll, Count Basie, Benny, Miles, Dizzy, Monk Trane or Mingus , to name a few. If the Eagle's readers have suggestions, please list them in your ... Comment?
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2010 Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival Dedicated to and in Honor of Ella Fitzgerald & Excl
... won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. Headlining the festival, back by popular demand, is ... Comment?
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Click to read: Dave Brubeck: Legend Who Almost Wasn't
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... all African-Americans," he explained, "and they deserved to be the geniuses of our culture -- Duke Ellington and Count Basie. And I just wanted this music to become part of our culture and part of the voice of freedom, wherever we went." Over the ... Comment?
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Art&Seek Q&A: Jazz Drummer Jack Allday
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... Art&Seek: Who have been you influences over the years? J.A.: My musical influences would be Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Buddy Rich and a wonderful but not-so-famous drummer named Jack Sperling. There are lots of others - " Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy ... Comment?
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The Grammy Nominated UNT One Oa Clock Lab Band
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... UNTa s strongest institutional ties were to the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the One Oa Clock sounds right at home in Count Basie-Neil Hefti territory. Dave Richardsa s inventive arrangement of Dave Brubecka s a oeHere Comes McBridea takes on a cool, ... Comment?
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Meet the Teacher: Todd McCready
... 'Crash.' Name your favorite musician or band: I'll give you three. Composer: Johannes Brahms; jazz: Count Basie; current: Black Eyed Peas or BNL. What's something your students might not know about you: I'm addicted to Wired ... Comment?
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Maia Santell with House Blend
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... an extended guitar solo sounds inspired. "Alright, Okay, You Win" is a fantastic swing number. First recorded by Count Basie with Joe Williams, and later sung by Peggy Lee and Bette Midler, among others, Santell certainly does the song justice, and ... Comment?
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Wynton Marsalis and JLCO To Release New CD on February 2nd and Tour US In March 2010
... Tour in March 2010. The band will perform selections from the suite as well as a repertoire to include tunes by Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams and others. Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the CD release of Portrait in Seven Shades, composed by jazz ... Comment?
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... of their achievements in attracting many of jazz's greatest legends (from Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie to Ornette Coleman) to their small stage. However, his determination was unwavering and his negotiating skills formidable. In ... Comment?
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