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Jazz legends who called Queens, Long Island home
martin.evans@newsday.comJohn Coltrane was not the only jazz great to eschew Manhattan for points east. Here are the other legends, living and dead, who've made their homes on Long Island and in Queens. MOSE ALLISON, Smithtown After growing up in a Mississippi Delta cotton town...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Count Basie, Ray Brown, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald
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The Half of It
Half time entertainment at each of the 37 SuperBowl games since 1967: I Universities of Arizona and Michigan bands II Grambling State University band III "America Thanks," Florida A&M University IV "Mardi Gras," Carol Channing V Florida A&M band...Tags: Toni Braxton, Enrique Iglesias, Carol Channing, Florida State University, Duke Ellington
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Black History: 41 Names to Remember
Pyrrhus Concer (1814-1897) Concer, of Southampton, bought his freedom and became a seaman on a whaling ship that was one of the first to sail into Japanese waters. Gilbert Jackson (1846-1916) Hempstead resident, member of the 20th Regiment, U.S....Tags: Eddie Murphy, Harriet Tubman, Billie Holiday, Julius Erving, Roy Campanella
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U2, Paul Simon Winners of Major Grammy Awards
Times Pop Music CriticFrom The Times: Thursday, March 3, 1988 Irish rock band U2's socially conscious "The Joshua Tree" was named album of the year Wednesday night in the 30th annual Grammy Awards ceremony. In a nationally televised program at Radio City Music Hall, the...Tags: Mass Media, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Count Basie, Frank Foster
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