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Found on EBay – Frank Sinatra
The Daily MirrorA 33 rpm album of the audio from an uncompleted animated feature of “Finian’s Rainbow,” featuring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, has been listed on EBay. According to The Times’ clips, this project was begun by... -
Universal Music Group's vintage recordings head to Library of Congress
Pop & HissThere's good news, more good news and some nebulous news for anyone interested in the nation's musical heritage in Monday's announcement that Universal Music Group is donating a cache of some 200,000 vintage master recordings to the Library of Congress...... -
'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...... -
Jasper Johns is first studio artist in 34 years to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Culture MonsterObama to confer 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday; arts honorees are Yo-Yo Ma and Jasper Johns, the first visual artist to win since 1977.... -
Book review: 'Frank: The Voice' by James Kaplan
Los Angeles TimesSome years ago, I shared a barber with the late Mel Tormé. It was a small, low-key shop where the talk was usually sports and the music on the radio was always jazz or vocals from the American Songbook. One morning, Tormé and I found ourselves pausing...Tags: Nelson Riddle, Entertainment, Poetry, John McEnroe, Frank Sinatra
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James Moody dies at 85; jazz saxophonist and flutist
James Moody, a jazz saxophonist and flutist whose improvised solo on a recording of the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" became a jazz classic, died Thursday in San Diego, where he had lived in recent years. He was 85 and had pancreatic cancer.
His...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Miles Davis, George Benson, Entertainment, Bill Cosby
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Buddy Collette dies at 89; L.A. jazz saxophone player, bandleader
Buddy Collette, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who played important roles in Los Angeles jazz as a musician and an advocate for the rights of African American musicians, has died. He was 89.
Collette died Sunday at...Tags: Entertainment, Minority Groups, Music Industry, Frank Sinatra, World War II (1939-1945)
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Robert B. Parker left a mark on the detective novel
Robert B. Parker, who died Monday in his Cambridge, Mass., home at age 77, spent his final moments doing exactly what he'd done for almost four decades: sitting at his desk, working on his next novel. He didn't concern himself with looking back. Instead,...Tags: International Military Interventions, Dashiell Hammett, Genres, Entertainment, Frank Sinatra
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Ed Thigpen dies at 79; jazz drummer
Jazz drummer Ed Thigpen, who often was described as "Mr. Taste" for his sensitive accompaniment of instrumentalists and singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Billy Taylor, died Wednesday at Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen. He was...Tags: Miles Davis, Hospitals and Clinics, Obituaries, Entertainment, Dexter Gordon
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John Dankworth dies at 82; British jazz musician
Times Staff And Wire ReportsSir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and bandleader and husband of jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, has died. He was 82. Dankworth died Saturday at a London hospital after a long illness, the Associated Press reported. Laine...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Obituaries, Entertainment, Music Industry, Elizabeth II
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Writers Guild Strikes Over TV Residuals
The Daily MirrorSo here???s how Times cartoonist Bruce Russell shows that an eagle represents Mexico. He gives it a cute little sombrero. The Writers Guild goes on strike over residuals on TV broadcasts of films released after 1948. The Knights of Columbus celebrate... -
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......
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