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George Russell dies at 86; composer influenced the evolution of jazz
George Russell, a composer, educator and theorist who had a powerful effect on the jazz forms and methods that have evolved from the 1950s to the present, has died. He was 86.
A MacArthur Foundation Award winner, a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz...Tags: Music Industry, George Allen, Death, Dizzy Gillespie, Tuberculosis
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Wynton Marsalis' Pulitzer-winning 'Blood on the Fields' returns
Sixteen years ago, newspapers across America riffed on an unexpected theme: For the first time, a jazz composition had won the country's highest musical honor. "Marsalis swings a Pulitzer" trumpeted USA Today, its message echoing wherever cultural...
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Lyrics Born: Feels like the first time every time
Turn It UpTom Shimura, a k a hip-hop veteran Lyrics Born, feels like a new artist everytime he releases an album. Heâs got a history stretching back to the early â90s when he was in the Northern California-based hip-hop group Latyrx and...... -
January 12 - Live Performance
WGN NewsJessie Arlen's "Certain Surprise" CD release concert Tuesday, January 12 8 p.m. Evanston SPACE 1245 Chicago Ave. Evanston Tickets $10-20 and can be purchased at evanstonspace.com To purchase the cd: www.jessiearlen.com Jessie Arlen, a 22 year-old...Tags: Music Industry, Burt Bacharach, Ray Charles, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Jazz review, Young Chicago jazz singer Steve Evans opens a monthlong engagement at Pops for Champagne
Tribune arts criticAccomplished young male jazz singers are not easy to find these days, but a particularly promising one happens to be based in Chicago. A few years ago, Steve Evans was a fledgling vocalist who decided that he needed to learn a lot more about the art...Tags: Moody's Corporation, Duke Ellington
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Muris review, Tony Bennett at Ravinia
Tribune arts criticIf Tony Bennett never again sang a note in public, his place among the pre-eminent male stylists of American popular song would be assured. Like Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Johnny Hartman, Jon Hendricks and Mel Torme before...Tags: Marilyn Bergman, Al Jolson, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole
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