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Jazz great Sandoval still gives back
McClatchy NewspapersArturo Sandoval is a big man. Makes a big sound on the trumpet, big gestures, big talent, big cigar in his mouth whenever he's not playing the horn. But it doesn't slow him down. Right now he's dancing, rolling his hips -- arms pumping, feet buoyed by...Tags: Jazz Music, Theater, Music, Dizzy Gillespie, Music Theater
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Legend, Rising Star Highlight Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Some critics use chronological age as a crucial standard for measuring talent, just as powerful publicity machines fixate on youth as a prime marketing point for peddling jazz products. But in the real world of the musicians themselves, there isn't any...Tags: Alicia Keys, Radio, Terence Blanchard, Elvis Costello, Public Holidays
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August brings plenty of jazz concerts
Chicago Tribune criticAugust may be off-season in many of the performing arts, but in jazz it's a high point, thanks to a confluence of performances under the stars and in clubs and concert halls. Following is a look at the coming week's worth of highlights: Friday...Tags: Jazz Music, Music, Dizzy Gillespie, Music Theater, Plymouth
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15 things you might not know about Obama
Associated Press1. His high school basketball nickname at Punahou School in Hawaii was "O'Bomber" and he favored a left-hand, double-pump shot. 2. He has two Grammy awards for recording his best-selling books, "Dreams from My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope." 3. As a...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, Folk Music, Madonna
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Rogers Bringing His Hip Hybrids To Falls Village
Ideas hatched under the thatched roof of a hut in a rural West African village fuel the imagination of David Rogers, a creative, questing saxophonist/composer with an ecumenical worldview of music. A visionary and native of America's heartland, Rogers,...Tags: University of Michigan, Folk Music, Connecticut, Country Music, West Hartford
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A 'soul' street gets a makeover from city
Sun ReporterThe area has been vacant for years, just a large patch of grass and a few scattered trees enclosed by a fence at Fremont and Pennsylvania avenues. But city officials are planning to transform the blighted spot into a plaza, complete with a stage for...Tags: Music, Count Basie, Sheila Dixon, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday
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New On CD: Vanessa Hudgens, Crooked Still, Mötley Crüe
VANESSA HUDGENS Identified Hollywood Give "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens credit for confounding critical expectations on her sophomore release — even if it's just for a single song. "Last Night" sounds like the work of a different...Tags: Music, Los Angeles, Sonny Rollins, Schools, Dennis Carroll
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Tom Petty
Wednesday; $99, $55. United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., 312-559-1212. The veteran relies on craft, heart and resilience to fashion one of the finest—and most underrated—careers in rock since John Fogerty. With Steve Winwood. "Crombie...Tags: Theater, John Fogerty, Steve Winwood, United Center, Chicago
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For some, too many rough edges have been buffed off trendy Delray Beach
South Florida Sun-SentinelEric Gruber and friends are chatting outside Coffee District, a trendy spot offering not only lots of fancy coffees but 80 kinds of beers. It's open-mike night, and Gruber and other poetry-and-music hopefuls are waiting, talking, sipping, arguing. Says...Tags: Tom Jones, Demographics, Beach Vacations, Public Officials, Delray Beach
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This July 4th weekend, celebrate your right to free jazz
Chicago Tribune criticThe Independence Day weekend may be synonymous with American music, but in Chicago that doesn't necessarily mean marches by John Philip Sousa (glorious though they are). Free jazz, hard-core bebop, American popular song—that's how Chicago marks the...Tags: Music, Dizzy Gillespie, Music Theater, Public Holidays, Plymouth
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'All You Need Is Love' finally arrives in U.S.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBritish documentary maker Tony Palmer called his 17-hour TV series exploring the origins of American popular music “All You Need Is Love,” because John Lennon told him it would make a great title. But in the three decades since he made it, it'...Tags: Frank Zappa, Folk Music, Hank Williams, Cab Calloway, Woody Guthrie
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Mystery review: Gay hit men on run in John Connolly's The Reapers
Mystery Fiction ColumnistJohn Connolly's novels are the very definition of noir. The Irish author, who sets his tales in America, has become a master at the intensely dark thriller with undertones of western and horror novels. Connolly also imbues his novels with a prose so rich...Tags: Minority Groups, Murder, Crimes
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