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It's time for the return of Return to Forever
It has been called one of the worst decades for music, an era when mind-numbing disco pushed sophisticated jazz, soulful rhythm and blues and earthy rock out of the limelight. But the 1970s also produced some of the world's most innovative sounds,...Tags: Bob Dylan, Fort Lauderdale, Tony Williams, Popular Music, John McLaughlin
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New Life A Fine Finale At Jazz Fest
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTKendrick Oliver's New Life Jazz Orchestra hasn't yet achieved stardom, but the 16-piece ensemble played a set worthy of widespread adulation Sunday evening in Hartford's Bushnell Park. The NLJO brought the 17th annual Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz to...Tags: Massachusetts, Billie Holiday, Popular Music, John Coltrane, Festive Event
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Without a name, former 'South Central' L.A. has become almost invisible
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVivian Bowers works in a neighborhood that has gone undercover. "Are there still businesses over there?" people ask when she mentions her dry-cleaning shop on South Central Avenue near East Adams Boulevard. Five years ago, the city expunged the name...Tags: California, Northridge, Minority Groups, Louis Armstrong, Transportation
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Take a look, then swing your partner
Wouldn't it be lovely to dance with the grace and agility of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire? Even those fortunate enough to not possess two left feet can marvel at the ease in which the duo glides along the dance floor. Not everyone can match the skill...Tags: Dance, Ginger Rogers, Duke Ellington, Evanston, Bill Porter
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Ella, In Brief
- Born: 1917, Newport News, Va. Died in 1996. - Married twice: to Benny Kornegay (annulled after 2 years) and bass player Ray Brown. They adopted a child of sister Frances, Ray Brown Jr. - Singer for Chick Webb Orchestra in '30s. - A swinging 1938...Tags: Ray Brown, Louis Armstrong, Grammy Awards, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie
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Two words you can say on TV: George Carlin
diane.werts@newsday.comOff the Wall remembers George Carlin as a baseball park, not a football stadium. He's safe at home now. FOOD FIGHT. The Fine Living channel is gobbling up former Food Network stars. Now presenting fresh episodes at a new home are "Wolfgang Puck"...Tags: Molly Ringwald, Andy Kaufman, Minority Groups, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong
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Jazz's biggest names play city
Tribune criticJazz stars routinely light up our stages, but over the weekend a cluster of them produced an uncommon burst of heat. Moreover, each offered an alternative definition of the music, from the quasi-classical romanticism of Ramsey Lewis to the plugged-in...Tags: Maurice Joseph Ravel, Electronics, Jazz Music, Television, Ravinia Festival
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Lauded South Side dancer and his protege move to the next phase of life
Chicago Tribune reporterSurrounded by yellowed playbills and photographs chronicling his career as a tap-dance legend, Ernest "Brownie" Brown struggled to remember how he got to New York back in the 1930s. "You know," rasped the 92-year-old, relaxing in a white turtleneck and a...Tags: Photography, Dance, Theater, Folk Music, Oklahoma
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Music
Previews by Ann Powers (A.P.)., Richard Cromelin (R.C.), Casey Dolan (C.D.), Randy Lewis (R.L.) andDon Heckman (D.H.). Pop & Jazz Fleet Foxes "Baroque pop" is a term often pegged to any old frilly sound, but Seattle's Fleet Foxes -- the latest indie-...Tags: West Hollywood, Culver City, Santa Monica, Hunting
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Radio
TIPS FOR TODAY 10:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. -- L.A. Opera: Verdi's "Otello," with Christina Gallardo-Domas, Mark Delavan and Derek Taylor, KUSC-FM (91.5). 10-11 a.m. -- This American Life: "Social Engineering," KCRW-FM (89.9). 11 a.m.-noon -- Good Food: Goat...Tags: Democratic Party, Popular Music, George Bush, Ryan Seacrest, Music
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