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THE BUZZ
NEW "DREAMGIRLS" AT THE APOLLO. A new national tour of "Dreamgirls" will kick off a year from now at Harlem's Apollo Theater, where the opening scene of the musical takes place, The Associated Press reports. The revival, directed and choreographed by...Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown
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Freewheeling art
Like most cities, Baltimore offers urban cyclists a fairly limited range of parking options - a lonely metal stanchion outside a coffee shop, perhaps, or an innocuous group rack outside an office building. If it offers anything at all.
But starting...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Brooks Robinson, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), David Byrne, Energy Saving
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Ray Ellis dies at 85; arranger worked with Bobby Darin, Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, scores of others
Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin, Connie Francis, Doris Day and Johnny Mathis, has died. He was 85.
Ellis, a longtime resident of Ojai, died Oct. 27 of liver cancer at an assisted-...Tags: Cartoons, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Liza Minnelli
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Arranger of pop hits and jazz
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES—Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin and others, has died. He was 85. Mr. Ellis died Oct. 27 of liver cancer in Los Angeles, according to his son Marc, a film and...Tags: Diseases, Doris Day, Los Angeles, Jerry Wexler, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Meet the Band: Sandy Asirvatham
Hometown Baltimore Members Sandy Asirvatham, piano and vocals; Frank Russo, drums; Amy Shook, bass; Chris Kennedy, guitar; Tom Williams Jr., trumpet; Mike Lollis, trombone Founded 2003 Style Jazz Influenced by Billie Holiday, Nick Drake, Maria...Tags: Music, Nick Drake
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Van Morrison discusses 'Astral Weeks,' which he'll perform at the Hollywood Bowl
If necessity is the mother of invention, it might follow that desperation is the father of inspiration. That was certainly the case 40 years ago, when Belfast-bred blue-eyed soul singer Van Morrison found himself broke and stranded on the East Coast...Tags: Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Theater
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All that jazz
Lisa Skolnik, a city editor for Metropolitan Home, writes frequently for the Magazine.
Chicago's jazz divas are out in force. Bobbi Wilsyn is here, along with Joan Collaso, Frieda Lee, Spider Saloff, Tammy McCann and Jeannie Lambert, who is bemoaning the...Tags: Gold Coast, Count Basie, South Shore, Design and Engineering, Music
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Milton Vance Murray
Milton Vance Murray, who during his four-decade career as a teacher and later as an elementary school principal remained a steadfast champion of academic excellence, died from complications of Alzheimer's disease Oct. 5 at FutureCare Lochearn. He was 87....Tags: Frederick Douglass, Diseases, National or Ethnic Minorities, Pigtown, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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The Dunbar in South L.A., once a landmark, has lost its beat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 1957, Jimmy Steward graduated from high school in El Dorado, Ark., which had piney woods and pretty promenades left over from an oil boom, but no jobs to speak of. Like many others, he looked west for work, and landed in South Los Angeles, where,...Tags: Rental Service, Count Basie, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Tourism and Leisure
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Erykah Badu's 'Vortex Tour'
Special to The TimesRoughly three quarters of the way through her triumphant two-hour set Thursday night at the Greek Theatre, Erykah Badu paused to explain the meaning of the word "vortex" to the capacity crowd. According to Badu, a vortex is a "swirling cloud of energy...Tags: Popular Music, Bo Diddley, Hip Hop, Music, Theater
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An iconoclast with a sense of humor
Everyone has a favorite David Sedaris piece. Mine, I don't mind saying, is the essay "Me Talk Pretty One Day," in the collection of the same name. Just like everyone else who claims to love Sedaris (we were unable to procure a single disgruntled reader...Tags: George Bush, Salman Rushdie, Movies, Ira Glass, Macy's
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Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale is creating a cool scene
Arts WriterOn the wall, a grid of album covers: Led Zeppelin II, Cash, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Tito Puente and Celia Cruz celebrating the sonic verve of Cuba y Puerto Rico Son. Below this, a row of new and used CDs: punk, heavy metal, soul and Motown,...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Radio, Stevie Wonder
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