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Gordy Grundy: Exclusive: The Greatest Michael Jackson Photo Unveils at AMFM Fest
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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The result may be the greatest photograph of pop star Michael Jackson. It depicts a youthful man, at ease, at peace, clear eyed and creative...In April of 1990, Michael Jackson was in Washington D.C. to receive an award, the Artist of the Decade,
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3. Ode to Satchmo
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 5 days ago
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I SEE trees of green ... red roses too, I see em bloom ... for me and for you, and I think to myself ... what a wonderful world. When you hear the lyrics, youre bound to recognise the singer. He had a unique voice that was raspy and limited in range,
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That old black magic
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 days ago
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Seventeen years after Ella Fitzgerald passed away, the author still finds himself in thrall to a certain kind of singing. Summer journeys to Niagara and to other places aggravate all our cares/We'll save our fares!/I've a cosy little flat in what is
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Valaida Snow
New York City :: NY :: USA | 17 days ago
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Valaida Snow Published: 2013-06-02 All About Jazz is celebrating Valaida Snow's birthday today! The tale of Valaida Snow is dramatic, a beautiful gifted entertainer, singer, dancer, arranger, and jazz trumpeter who succeeded against all odds.
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The Dixie Ticklers: Standing Pat
London :: United Kingdom | 20 days ago
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May 30, 2013 The revival of traditional jazz in Britain in the 1950s began in a blaze of idealism. In the following decade, it degenerated into an undignified scramble for commercial success. The Dixie Ticklers, a London-based sextet, want nothing to
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Rant ‘N' Roll: The Real New Orleans
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 21 days ago
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The Real New Orleans by Mike Greenblatt , May 29, 2013 A little bit of New Orleans came to the Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and although the crowd sat in their seats prim and proper definitely enjoying the proceedings, one had to wonder:
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Coleman Hawkins -- Love for Sale and Other Essays
New York City :: NY :: USA | 23 days ago
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May 27, 2013 Editor's note" This article appears from the story "For Bean" Love for Sale and Other Essays by Clifford Thompson (Autumn House Press, 2013). I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in a semi-detached brick house in Washington, D.C. The house
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Sidney Bechet
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Sidney Bechet Published: 2013-05-14 All About Jazz is celebrating Sidney Bechet's birthday today! Along with his fellow New Orleanian, Louis Armstrong, Bechet was one of the first great soloists in jazz. His throaty, powerful clarinet and his
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How Bing Crosby And The Nazis Helped To Create Silicon Valley
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Between Christmases, Crosby is most often remembered as a sometimes-brutal father, thanks to a memoir by his son Gary. Less remarked upon is Crosby's role as a popularizer of jazz, first with Paul Whiteman's orchestra, and later as a collaborator
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Book of a lifetime: Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, By Louis Armstrong
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 1 month ago
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My parents loved the blues and early jazz, and I grew up to the sounds of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Leadbelly and Fats Waller. But to hear Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings was to be taken somewhere no one else had been before,
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