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    Apr 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Teddy Charles dies at 84; jazz vibraphonist and composer

    Teddy Charles, a jazz vibraphonist who performed with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and other bebop-era jazz greats before becoming a charter boat captain in the Caribbean, died Monday at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead on New York's Long Island. He was 84.
    Teddy Charles, a jazz vibraphonist who performed with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and other bebop-era jazz greats before becoming a charter boat captain in the Caribbean, died Monday at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead on New York's...

    Tags: Long Island, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Heart Disease, Charlie Parker

    2. Feb 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Mike Melvoin dies at 74; studio musician, composer

    Mike Melvoin, a pianist/composer/arranger whose credits reach from Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson and the Beach Boys, and who was the first active musician to serve as national president of the Recording Academy, has died. He was 74.
    Mike Melvoin, a pianist/composer/arranger whose credits reach from Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson and the Beach Boys, and who was the first active musician to serve as national president of the Recording Academy, has died. He was 74. A...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Unforgettable (tv program), Barbra Streisand, Music

    3. Dec 19, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Bob Brookmeyer dies at 81; jazz trombonist, composer

    Bob Brookmeyer, a jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and educator whose multifaceted career reached from cutting-edge performances with Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz to innovative big band compositions and highly regarded classes at the New England Conservatory, has died. He was 81.
    Bob Brookmeyer, a jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and educator whose multifaceted career reached from cutting-edge performances with Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz to innovative big band compositions and highly regarded classes at the New England...

    Tags: Jazz (genre), Count Basie, Merv Griffin, Chet Baker, Music

    4. Nov 24, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Paul Motian dies at 80; jazz drummer and composer

    Paul Motian, an influential and much-admired jazz drummer who first gained renown in the late 1950s as part of the Bill Evans Trio and later became a composer and the leader of his own groups, has died. He was 80.
    Paul Motian, an influential and much-admired jazz drummer who first gained renown in the late 1950s as part of the Bill Evans Trio and later became a composer and the leader of his own groups, has died. He was 80. Motian died Tuesday at Mount Sinai...

    Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Thelonious Monk, NPR, East Village (Manhattan, New York), Mount Sinai

    5. Sep 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Buddy Holly score card -- Hollywood star: 1; Grammy awards: 0

    Pop & Hiss
    Buddy Holly got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week, but still has no Grammy Awards. Holly and other pioneering rock and rollers have long been overlooked by Grammy voters....
    6. Jun 20, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. An Appreciation: Clarence Clemons

    Pop & Hiss
    An Appreciation for E Street Band sax man Clarence Clemons...
    7. Jun 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Influences: Jazz composer and bass player Stanley Clarke

    Culture Monster
    Jazz composer and bass player Stanley Clarke shares his musical influences...
    8. Mar 3, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    9. Mar 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The Sunday Conversation: Sergio Mendes

    Grammy winner Sergio Mendes, 70, one of Brazil's most famous exports, kicks off his 50th anniversary in the music business with a new album, "Celebration," compiling a half-century of hits; his first film score, the animated film "Rio"; and a special engagement at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood from Thursday through March 13.
    Grammy winner Sergio Mendes, 70, one of Brazil's most famous exports, kicks off his 50th anniversary in the music business with a new album, "Celebration," compiling a half-century of hits; his first film score, the animated film "Rio"; and a special...

    Tags: Dancing, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carnegie Hall, John Legend, Jerry Moss

    10. Jan 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Jazz-classical fusion a work in progress

    Jazz people like to brag that their idiom is "America's classical music." But if you catch some of them in a certain mood, you'll find that they long to merge their art with what much of the Western world calls "classical music" — the idiom that gave you Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, etc. The reverse is also true — classical musicians who want to get down with the jazz folk, to learn their freewheeling ways or merely steal a few licks and vamps for their own purposes.
    Jazz people like to brag that their idiom is "America's classical music." But if you catch some of them in a certain mood, you'll find that they long to merge their art with what much of the Western world calls "classical music" — the idiom that...

    Tags: Lang Lang, Jazz (genre), Stan Kenton, George Gershwin, Leonard Slatkin

    11. Aug 15, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Abbey Lincoln dies at 80; jazz singer, actress, civil rights advocate

    Abbey Lincoln, an acclaimed jazz singer, songwriter and actress who evolved from a supper-club singer into a strong voice for civil rights, has died. She was 80.
    Abbey Lincoln, an acclaimed jazz singer, songwriter and actress who evolved from a supper-club singer into a strong voice for civil rights, has died. She was 80. Lincoln died Saturday in a nursing home in New York, said Evelyn Mason, her niece. No...

    Tags: Sidney Poitier, Dining and Drinking, California State University, Northridge, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights

    12. Apr 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Jazz guitarist Anthony Wilson's thirst for beauty

    Culture Monster
    Mixing up jazz with the sound of Brazil hasn't been a terribly new idea since Stan Getz set the template with Joćo Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim in the early '60s. Yet L.A. guitarist Anthony Wilson has returned to that......
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