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The Arts on TV: Sister Wendy; Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett
Culture Monster“Grand Canyon Serenade” 8 p.m. Thursday KVCR: A visual tour of the Grand Canyon is set to classical music by Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Dvorak. “Globe Trekker” 8 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. Saturday KLCS; 9 p.m. Monday KCET: Amsterdam... -
Music review: Gloria Cheng begins Piano Spheres season [updated]
Culture MonsterPiano Spheres began its 17th season Tuesday night with a recital by Gloria Cheng. Her typically inventive program included the most recent piano pieces of Pierre Boulez and Thomas Adès and three world premieres, maintaining the Piano Spheres tradition... -
'The Nat King Cole TV Show' coming to iTunes on Feb. 15
Pop & HissNat King Cole fans have a Valentine's week treat in store this year: His estate will begin posting episodes of his groundbreaking 1950s series âThe Nat King Cole TV Showâ for digital downloading on iTunes. For a too-brief period in...... -
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Legendary blues singer Ray Charles dead at 73
Baltimore Sun Pop Music CriticRay Charles may have been one of the most influential singer-musicians ever to grace American pop music. He may have laid the foundation for soul - an earthy blend of the secular and the spiritual, and one of the country's greatest cultural achievements....Tags: Popular Music (genre), Billy Joel, Grammy Awards, John Belushi, Country and Western (genre)
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East Hartford's Piano Prodigy, Future Maestro
The Hartford CourantEven with the release of his new, second album comfortably behind him, Orice Jenkins, a 17-year-old pianist, composer and honor student at East Hartford High School, spends his waking hours thinking about music. Not just ordinary music, easily...Tags: East Hartford, State University of New York, Music Theater, Saint Francis Care, Artists
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Billy Taylor dies at 89; jazz pianist, composer and educator
Associated PressBilly Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre's most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died. He was 89. Taylor died of a heart attack Tuesday in Manhattan, said his...Tags: Heart Attack, Music Theater, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Entertainment
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George Shearing dies at 91; jazz pianist
George Shearing, the elegant pianist who expanded the boundaries of jazz by adding an orchestral sensibility and a mellow aesthetic to the music, has died. He was 91.
Shearing died Monday of congestive heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York,...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Heart Failure, Ronald Reagan, Capitol Records, Human Interest
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Hope lives sparingly in wounded community
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe sun splashed onto the roof of a church, filling the faces of two golden statues of angels who opened their arms to the sky. It was the first light of the morning, which made everything look pretty, even the hardened heart of South Los Angeles. Don'...Tags: Murder, Charlie Parker, Radio Industry, Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Eddie Bo dies at 78; blues singer, pianist and songwriter
Associated PressEddie Bo, a New Orleans blues singer-pianist who worked with musicians such as Irma Thomas and Art Neville, died Wednesday of a heart attack, according to his booking agent, Karen Hamilton. He was 78. Eddie Bo, whose real name was Edwin Joseph Bocage,...Tags: Soul (genre), Heart Attack, Disasters, Career and Workplace, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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The 2009 Grammy nominees and winners
Winners will be in bold italics. RECORD OF THE YEAR "Chasing Pavements," Adele "Viva La Vida," Coldplay "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis "Paper Planes," M.I.A "Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss ALBUM OF THE YEAR "Viva La...Tags: Grammy Awards, Jonas Brothers (music group), Jerry Wexler, Elvin Bishop, Ben Gibbard
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'Rawhide,' 'Blazing Saddles' Theme Singer Dies
Special to The TimesFrankie Laine, the singer with the booming voice who hit it big with such songs as "That Lucky Old Sun," "Mule Train," "Cool Water," "I Believe," "Granada" and "Moonlight Gambler," died Tuesday at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. He was 93. Laine...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Popular Music (genre), Bars and Clubs, Family, Death
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