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Box set review: Ella Fitzgerald's 'Twelve Nights in Hollywood'
Pop & HissFor a generation of listeners, the late Ella Fitzgerald exists perhaps as more of a concept than someone who was once a living human being. As the Beatles are to pop music, Fitzgerald is to jazz vocals, and the quality...... -
Lena Horne dies at 92; singer and civil rights activist who broke barriers
"Stormy Weather" was Lena Horne's signature song as well as a chillingly apt metaphor for her career. Long celebrated for her striking beauty and silky voice, she overcame profound racism on her way to becoming one of the best-known African American...Tags: Activism, Politics, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Robert F. Kennedy
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Leslie Uggams puts her own stamp on Lena Horne in 'Stormy Weather'
Leslie Uggams and Lena Horne have crossed paths only a few times. But Uggams feels that the force and power of the iconic singer have always been a part of her.
"Lena was a goddess in my house -- my mother played her records all the time, and I was...Tags: Cole Porter, Barack Obama, Minority Groups, James Earl Jones, Dining and Drinking
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Another side of Mercer
Special to The TimesJohnny Mercer is one of the most celebrated lyricists in American pop music, and it's no wonder when you consider just a fraction of his more than 1,000 songs: "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "You Must Have Been a...Tags: Academy Awards, Death, Bobby Darin, Jerome Kern, Hoagy Carmichael
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Joan Curto celebrates the genius of Cole Porter
Cole Porter died nearly half a century ago – in 1964 at age 73 – yet his songs remain as ubiquitous today as they were then. Which helps explain why one of Chicago's top cabaret singers, Joan Curto, this week is launching an evening-length...
Tags: Howard Reich, Green Mill (club), Music Industry, Peru, Entertainment
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Trend Watch: Get ready for Valentine's Day
"Bring back that loving feeling," so the song says, and with Valentine's Day here, there are plenty of ways to do that. Here are just a few ideas. The Californian at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa has a special menu for the big night...
Tags: Game, Garlic, Gelato, Dining and Drinking, Potatoes
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A Classical Voice For Hartford Stage's 'Breath & Imagination'
The Hartford CourantJubilant Sykes has sung classical and spiritual music at the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London's Barbican Centre and the Hollywood Bowl. But Hartford Stage is a decidedly different venue for a veteran of...Tags: Terence Blanchard, Leonard Bernstein, Music Industry, Hartford Stage, Leap of Faith (musical)
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Goodspeed Artists Colony Participants Named
Hartford CourantThe names of 35 established and emerging writers, composers and lyricists representing teams for 20 developing shows -- including the creators of "Urinetown" -- will converge on the Goodspeed campus in East Haddam at the end of January to be the inaugural...Tags: Lorenz Hart, Tony Awards, Jonathan Larson, Music Industry, Haddam
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Marcus Roberts and Bela Fleck transcend an 'Imaginary Divide'
What happens when two formidable soloists from seemingly remote worlds of music decide to share a spotlight? At worst, chaos. At best, something close to what happened Monday night before a standing-room-only crowd at Evanston SPACE. It would be fair to...
Tags: Music Industry, Spider (music group), Entertainment, Concerts, Music
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Jazz band puts on captivating show
Jazz aficionados gathered at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa this week to listen to the hard-swinging Jeff Hamilton Trio. Hamilton's trio was a hit at the indoor Newport Beach Jazz Party in February. But during Wednesday's Sunset Jazz in...
Tags: Count Basie, Arts and Culture, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall
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Singer, actor Tony Martin dies at 98
VarietyTony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century, died of natural causes Friday evening at his West Los...Tags: Esther Williams, Christmas, Louis B. Mayer, Dining and Drinking, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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How 'Wizard of Oz' struggled on road to fame
Nostalgia and navel-gazing dominated the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday, including a spoof featuring Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge and others as a disgruntled focus group attending a "Wizard of Oz" test screening circa 1939. The...Tags: Eugene Levy, Academy Awards, Richard Thorpe, Gale Sondergaard, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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