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Singer Frank D'Rone hits a high note late in his career
As his old friend Frank Sinatra might have put it, it was a very good year for Chicago singer Frank D'Rone. In April, D'Rone turned 80, and in June he overcame a series of health challenges to play a triumphant comeback engagement at the Jazz Showcase....
Tags: Chicago Jazz Fest, Music, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Frank Sinatra
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Jazz resolutions for a New Year
A new year brings new hopes for music in Chicago. Here are key resolutions for 2013: Create a concise Cultural Plan. After months of town hall meetings, the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events last fall came up with a 48-page wish...
Tags: Fred Anderson, Entertainment Events, Joe Segal, Barbara Cook, Columbia College Chicago
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Exciting lineup of shows coming in the early months of 2013
The holidays are behind us, and it's time to turn our attention to what's shaping up as an exciting first quarter in the Hampton Roads arts arena. Several premieres are coming our way, and some major talent is dropping by. Here's a look at some upcoming...
Tags: Virginia Arts Festival, Entertainment Events, Howard Ashman, Philip Glass, Theater
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New year ringing in Bay View
Bay View may seem rather quiet during winter months, but make no mistake, the neighborhood's winter residents know how to celebrate. "We are excited. We will be having the biggest dinner we have had in a long time," said Terrace Inn co-owner Mo Rave....
Tags: New Year's Day, Music, Blues (genre), Entertainment, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Remembering Trinity's Chet McPhee
The Hartford CourantChet McPhee was a freshman football coach at Trinity. He was the college's swim coach for 15 years, coaching both the men's and the women's teams. He started the men's lacrosse program. He coached soccer. "I think he did track for a while, too," said...Tags: Radio Industry, Sports, Entertainment, Football, University of Hartford
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Christopher McBride and Isaiah Spencer light up Andy's
First the disappointing news: Jimmy Ellis, the veteran alto saxophonist who had been listed as guest soloist with drummer Isaiah Spencer's band at Andy's Jazz Club, wasn't there on Friday night. Though Spencer and Andy's management offered different...
Tags: Times Square, Music, Blues (genre), Entertainment, Music Industry
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2012 Grammy Nominations
KTLA News1. Record Of The Year Lonely Boy The Black Keys The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer Track from: El Camino [Nonesuch] Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Kelly Clarkson...Tags: Fernando Gonzalez, August (movie), Matthew Broderick, Music, Don Williams
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Valley Jazz swings into holiday action
Staff WriterThe great saxophonist Ornette Coleman once said that “jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.” And tonight, the Jimmie Cannon’s Valley Jazz will prove Coleman’s point...Tags: Music Industry, Dave Brubeck, Awards and Prizes, Music, Stevie Wonder
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New visual and performing arts academy at Howard Middle wins national award
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe cast of Howard's Spring 2011 musical “Seussical Jr.” The school's performing arts program is the reason the academy was established there. The new Howard Middle School Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts won a national award last... -
Berks Jazz Fest to feature mixed-genre shows, but headliner is hot jazz singer
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe 23rd annual Berks Jazz Fest will be all about highlighting jazz music’s effects on other styles, with programs that offer jazz mixed with programs featuring rock, funk, blues, Latin, pop and gospel. There will be salutes to artists such...... -
Talking with Al Jarreau: Jazz legend looks back -- and forward -- at career
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGIn many ways, jazz singer Al Jarreau has found his future by looking back. The first piece of evidence is Jarreau’s most recent album, “Al Jarreau and The Metropole Orkest Live” released in June. The singer, best known for his...... -
Jazzy party to honor saxaphone greats at East Stroudsburg University
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe second annual jazz party to honor late saxophone greats Zoot Sims and Al Cohn, a longtime Poconos resident, and raise money for the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection at East Stroudsburg University’s Kemp Library and its outreach initiatives,...
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