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D'Rivera kicks off yearlong tribute to Goodman
Tribune criticWhen Paquito D'Rivera picks up his clarinet tonight to ignite the incendiary phrases of "Sing, Sing, Sing," he won't just be revisiting one of the most celebrated works in jazz. More important, he'll be heralding a yearlong homage to the King of Swing:...Tags: Northwestern University, Bars and Clubs, Carnegie Hall, Greg Ward, Green Mill
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Gift Guide: Jazz
NOVICE With its platinum-winning track record as one of those rare pure jazz albums with mass sex appeal, "Kind of Blue," Miles Davis' mesmerizing masterpiece of 1959, is a perennial best bet for a holiday gift. And especially so this season with...Tags: Civil Rights, Culture, Miles Davis, Justice and Rights, Mississippi
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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: Cab Calloway, Quincy Jones, Mose Allison, Illinois Jacquet, Count Basie
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Holiday session lands in university archive
Associated PressWith cocktail glasses clinking in the background, jazz singer Billie Holiday stood near a piano amid partygoers inside an apartment overlooking New York City's Hudson River. She began singing "Good Morning Heartache." It was Nov. 18, 1956. Tony Scott...Tags: Steve Allen, Idaho, Carnegie Hall, John Miller, Jazz Music
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Those Hollywood nights
Special to The TimesWhen the film industry set up camp in Los Angeles in 1909, migrating actors from the East looked around for nightlife action in Hollywood and found a scene that was largely a big snooze. Downtown, the city's social hub, teemed with burlesque halls, and...Tags: Clark Gable, Fatty Arbuckle, West Hollywood, Joan Crawford, Movies
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Spotlight on Chicago's legendary South Side
Tribune arts criticThe South Side of Chicago holds a sacred place in the evolution of American music, for jazz, blues and gospel blossomed in this part of the city through most of the 20th Century. Why the South Side? Because great waves of African-Americans migrated...Tags: Muddy Waters, Chicago Humanities Festival, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Schools
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An Afternoon Of Jazz With Regina Belle
Grammy Award Winner Regina Belle, widely known for the smash hits, “Make It Like It Was,” “Baby Come to Me,” and “ A Whole New World” Aladdin’s Theme (a duet with Peabo Bryson), will be the Rhythm & Blues headline performer at this year’s An Afternoon...Tags: Festive Event, Jazz Music, Jackie Robinson, Joe Williams, Music
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Music review, Lionel Hampton tribute at Harold Washington Library
Tribune arts criticLionel Hampton died barely three months ago, but the tribute concert that drew a huge crowd to the Harold Washington Library over the weekend did not unfold like a hastily arranged affair. On the contrary, with no less than vibists Stefon Harris and...Tags: Harold Washington, Music, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus
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Manhasset High School graduates
JOHN M. ADAMOVICH THERESA ALEXANDER CHRISTOPHER ALGERI ANASTASIA ALIMARAS ANDREW ALKON GREGORY AMEND ANDREW ARMIENTI MARGOT ATKINSON JESSICA BEIGE KENDRA BERNARD ALEXIS BEVILACQUA BRANDON BINES MATTHEW BITTER THOMAS BOVA AMELIA BREYRE...Tags: David Lee, Patrick Kelly, Manhasset
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Jazz review, Sir Charles Thompson at the Jazz Showcase
Tribune Arts CriticThe last time Sir Charles Thompson remembers playing in Chicago, it was 1940 or '41, the bandleader was Lionel Hampton and the club was the Grand Terrace Ballroom on the South Side. Nearly 60 years later, Thompson has swung back into town to open the...Tags: Charlie Parker, Illinois Jacquet, Count Basie
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It's a Sweet Evening for 'Gump' With 6 Awards
Times Staff WriterFrom The Times: Tuesday, March 28, 1995 Monday night's 67th annual Academy Awards may have been one of the most predictable horse races in movie history, but it was nonetheless an emotionally charged evening that saw Robert Zemeckis' moralistic parable,...Tags: Whoopi Goldberg, Music Theater, Bela Lugosi, Quincy Jones, Contracts
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