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Jazz pianist stays on home turf as artist in residence
Of The Morning CallJazz pianist Mulgrew Miller has been a familiar figure at Lafayette College's Williams Center for the Arts. And why not? Miller, one of the finest mainstream jazz players of his generation, has lived for almost 20 years in nearby Palmer Township. If...Tags: Palmer Township, Death and Dying, Music, James Williams, Lafayette College
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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: Health and Safety at School, Jazz Music, Festive Event, Music, Elvis Costello
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Simone Dinnerstein lets loose on 'Goldberg Variations'
Special to the Chicago TribuneBach's massive, unforgiving "Goldberg Variations" wrench every morsel of intellectual and physical fortitude from keyboard players. Monday at Ravinia's Martin Theatre, pianist Simone Dinnerstein dug deep, unleashing a provocative perspective on these 30... -
New Book Tells History Of Blue Note
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTOnce upon a time, a Lion and a Wolff founded a fabulous kingdom called Blue Note, a now-legendary record label that became the El Dorado of the jazz world's Golden Age in the '40s and '50s. Although that might sound like something out of a hipster's...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Jazz Music, Music, Dexter Gordon, Steve Allen
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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: Billie Holiday, Government, Cab Calloway, Thurgood Marshall, Music
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Made-in-Chicago 'tough tenor'
Chicago Tribune criticChicago has produced more than its share of colossal tenor saxophonists, from past icons such as Eddie Harris and Gene Ammons to current masters such as Von Freeman and Fred Anderson. Among them, Johnny Griffin stood out for the brilliance of his...Tags: Illinois Jacquet, Fred Anderson, Gene Ammons, New York, Art Institute of Chicago
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Low-profile, big-résumé jazz pianist
New York Times News ServiceNEW YORK—Ronnie Mathews, a jazz pianist whose recorded output as a leader was sparse but whose résumé as a sideman with stars of jazz was substantial, died Saturday in Brooklyn. He was 72. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his daughter,...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Spike Lee, Brooklyn (New York City), Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz Music
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New on CD: RZA, Alejandro Escovedo, Walter Becker
The Hartford CourantRZA Digi Snacks Koch These days, it seems every rapper has at least one alter ego, a character he can use to explore different sides of his personality. It's a songwriting device that has its limitations, as few artists go beyond the simple comic-book...Tags: Gene Taylor, Sinead O'Connor, Ghostface Killah, Music, John Coltrane
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Harris brings accomplished intimacy to Showcase
Chicago Tribune arts criticHow fitting that Barry Harris has stepped into the spotlight at the newly relocated Jazz Showcase. The eminent pianist has headlined at the club, in its various locales, for decades. The set he played late Thursday night may not have shown the fire of...Tags: Plymouth, New York
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New On Disc: "Midnight Boom" by The Kills
THE KILLS Midnight Boom Domino To record their third album, the London-based guy-girl duo the Kills went to, of all places, Benton Harbor, Mich. It's hard to doubt the choice once you hear how raw, sexy and noir-ish "Midnight Boom" is. Injecting Jamie...Tags: Poetry, Electronics, MySpace, Music, Game Playing
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Strutting their stuff in front of legends
Special to The TimesDespite a star-studded show featuring dynamic performances from Herbie Hancock, Chali 2na from Jurassic 5 and beat-boxer/old-school rapper Doug E. Fresh, arguably the best moment of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz's BeBop to Hip-Hop's hourlong...Tags: Hip Hop, Doug E Fresh, Leimert Park, New York, Westmont
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New on disc
To record their third album, the London-based guy-girl duo the Kills went to, of all places, Benton Harbor, Mich. It's hard to doubt the choice once you hear how raw, sexy and noir-ish "Midnight Boom" is. Injecting Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart's...Tags: Poetry, Electronics, Music, MySpace, Game Playing
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