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Jazz review: Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl
Culture MonsterWynton Marsalis and the JLCO continue their mission as ambassadors of jazz at the Hollywood Bowl in a night punctuated by a tribute to the late James Moody.... -
Billboard Hot 100 notches 1,000th No. 1 single: From Ricky Nelson to Lady Gaga
Pop & HissLady Gaga has snagged a piece of pop music history in landing the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with her new single “Born This Way.” Even more significant than posting the highest first-week digital sales...... -
Flashback Friday: Was L.A. ever more cool than in the 1960s?
The Big PictureI've been revisiting the swinging '60s in recent days, working on an upcoming post about what Hollywood was like four decades ago when the "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" generation took over the movie business. But the records that came out...... -
Bill Cosby makes more Playboy Jazz Festival memories
As a jazz fan, you really have to savor the select moments of the Playboy Jazz Festival, which began its 34th installment Saturday at its longtime home, the Hollywood Bowl. Because as a stand-alone, multi-day barometer of the state of the music, the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mardi Gras, Big Band (genre), Sharon Jones, Jazz (genre)
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At Whisky A Go-Go, applause for co-founder Elmer Valentine
They came to West Hollywood on Monday night not to bury one of the celebrated figures in L.A. music's storied past, but to praise him.
A few hundred family members, friends, former employees and just plain fans of Whisky A Go-Go co-founder Elmer...Tags: Van Halen (music group), Buffalo Springfield (music group), Rock and Roll (genre), John Mayall, Gram Parsons
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Miriam Makeba dies at 76; South African singer spent 31 years in exile
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who for more than half a century brought the intricate rhythms of her native land to millions of listeners around the world and whose role as a spokeswoman against apartheid subjected her to 31 years of exile,...Tags: Stokely Carmichael, Heads of State, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Italy, Harry Belafonte
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A look at L.A.'s independent bookstore scene
When my first book was published, in 1990 by Milkweed Editions, I didn't actually feel like a writer until I read at Dutton's Bookstore in Brentwood. Opening the box of books, holding a copy up for my baby daughter to see while my then husband made fun of...Tags: Johnnie Cochran, Books and Magazines, Janet Fitch, Forest Whitaker, Vanessa Williams
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Jazz Fest Lineup for 2009 Here!
40th ANNIVERSARY NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY SHELL Weekend One Music Lineup April 24 - 26 Friday, April 24 Wynton Marsalis, Joe Cocker, Spoon, Drive-By Truckers and Booker T., Henry Butler, Tab Benoit, Trombone Shorty & Orleans...Tags: Louis Armstrong, Culture, John Mayall, Arts and Culture, Chris Thomas
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2009 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup
The first weekend roster includes : Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Joe Cocker, Earth Wind & Fire, Wilco, Spoon, Erykah Badu, Irma Thomas, Orishas, Third World, Robert Cray, Etta James & the Roots Band, Mavis Staples, Drive-By...Tags: John Mayall, Chris Thomas, Family, Los Lobos (music group), Jazz (genre)
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Celebrations Underway As World Cup Begins
Associated PressJOHANNESBURG -- The first World Cup ever held in Africa opened Friday in a dazzling burst of joy, color and noise - and just a tinge of sadness. Before a jubilant, horn-blowing crowd in Soccer City, the spectacular stadium between Johannesburg and...Tags: FIFA World Cup, Government, Multi-Sport Events, Nelson Mandela, Heads of State
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Mandela
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday March 21, 1997 When long-exiled South African filmmaker Jo Menell, producers Jonathan Demme and Chris Blackwell and co-director Angus Gibson joined forces to make the stirring Oscar-nominated documentary "Mandela," they decided to abide by...Tags: Cinema Industry, Documentary (genre), Jonathan Demme, Crime, Law and Justice, South Africa
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