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Freewheeling art
Like most cities, Baltimore offers urban cyclists a fairly limited range of parking options - a lonely metal stanchion outside a coffee shop, perhaps, or an innocuous group rack outside an office building. If it offers anything at all.
But starting...Tags: John Waters, Brooks Robinson, Metal and Mineral, Barry Levinson, Charles Theatre
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THE BUZZ
NEW "DREAMGIRLS" AT THE APOLLO. A new national tour of "Dreamgirls" will kick off a year from now at Harlem's Apollo Theater, where the opening scene of the musical takes place, The Associated Press reports. The revival, directed and choreographed by...Tags: Music Theater, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald
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Harlem's Apollo Theater to premiere national tour of 'Dreamgirls' in November 2009
NEW YORK (AP) _ A new national tour of "Dreamgirls" will kick off a year from now at Harlem's Apollo Theater, which is where the opening scene of the musical takes place. The revival, directed and choreographed by Bobby Longbottom, will premiere in...Tags: Jennifer Hudson, Sarah Vaughan, Broadway, Sammy Davis Jr., Music Theater
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Meet the Band: Sandy Asirvatham
Hometown Baltimore Members Sandy Asirvatham, piano and vocals; Frank Russo, drums; Amy Shook, bass; Chris Kennedy, guitar; Tom Williams Jr., trumpet; Mike Lollis, trombone Founded 2003 Style Jazz Influenced by Billie Holiday, Nick Drake, Maria...Tags: Nick Drake
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Ray Ellis dies at 85; arranger worked with Bobby Darin, Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, scores of others
Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin, Connie Francis, Doris Day and Johnny Mathis, has died. He was 85.
Ellis, a longtime resident of Ojai, died Oct. 27 of liver cancer at an assisted-...Tags: Music Industry, Popular Music, Bette Midler, NBC, Paul Whiteman
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Arranger of pop hits and jazz
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES—Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin and others, has died. He was 85. Mr. Ellis died Oct. 27 of liver cancer in Los Angeles, according to his son Marc, a film and...Tags: Popular Music, Death and Dying, Connie Francis, Paul Whiteman, Cancer
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Van Morrison discusses 'Astral Weeks,' which he'll perform at the Hollywood Bowl
If necessity is the mother of invention, it might follow that desperation is the father of inspiration. That was certainly the case 40 years ago, when Belfast-bred blue-eyed soul singer Van Morrison found himself broke and stranded on the East Coast...Tags: Music Industry, Folk Music, Popular Music, Howlin' Wolf, Vehicles
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All that jazz
Lisa Skolnik, a city editor for Metropolitan Home, writes frequently for the Magazine.
Chicago's jazz divas are out in force. Bobbi Wilsyn is here, along with Joan Collaso, Frieda Lee, Spider Saloff, Tammy McCann and Jeannie Lambert, who is bemoaning the...Tags: Music Industry, Gold Coast, Wilmette, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie
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Milton Vance Murray
Milton Vance Murray, who during his four-decade career as a teacher and later as an elementary school principal remained a steadfast champion of academic excellence, died from complications of Alzheimer's disease Oct. 5 at FutureCare Lochearn. He was 87....Tags: Further Education, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, National or Ethnic Minorities, Elementary Schools
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The Dunbar in South L.A., once a landmark, has lost its beat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 1957, Jimmy Steward graduated from high school in El Dorado, Ark., which had piney woods and pretty promenades left over from an oil boom, but no jobs to speak of. Like many others, he looked west for work, and landed in South Los Angeles, where,...Tags: Jan Perry, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Furniture, Personal Income
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A voice silenced in 1996 is brought back to life
Special to The Baltimore SunDuring her short life of 33 years, singer Eva Cassidy was hardly known beyond her gigs at Blues Alley in Washington and at Pearl's, Reynolds Tavern and the Maryland Inn in Annapolis. Her two recordings, a 1992 CD called The Other Side that featured go-...Tags: Dolly Parton, Music Industry, Folk Music, Barbara Cook, Ella Fitzgerald
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Dixon announces Artscape musical lineup
Sun Pop Music CriticWhile the space for Artscape has expanded onto Charles Street this year, the musical lineup remains interesting and eclectic. At a press conference at Penn Station today, Mayor Sheila Dixon announced the lineup for the main stage of the festival, set...Tags: Popular Music, Artscape, Film Festivals, Maryland Film Festival, Cab Calloway
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