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Album review: Billy Hart's 'All Our Reasons'
Culture MonsterA graceful, atmospheric recording led by 71-year-old drummer Billy Hart, "All Our Reasons" features memorable contributions from the Bad Plus' Ethan Iverson and saxophonist Mark Turner.... -
Album Review: Charlie Haden and Hank Jones' 'Come Sunday'
Pop & HissAlbum Review: Charlie Haden and Hank Jones' 'Come Sunday' written by Chris Barton.... -
The Arts on TV: Eric Clapton; Jackie Evancho; Clint Eastwood; Tommy Emmanuel
Culture Monster“Movie: A Year Ago in Winter” ** (2008) 8 p.m., Thursday Sundance: Karoline Herfurth, Josef Bierbichler. An artist befriends a troubled dancer while painting her portrait for her grieving mother. “Video Games Live” 1 a.m., Thu/... -
George Shearing dies at 91; jazz pianist
George Shearing, the elegant pianist who expanded the boundaries of jazz by adding an orchestral sensibility and a mellow aesthetic to the music, has died. He was 91.
Shearing died Monday of congestive heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Sarah Vaughan, Gerald Ford, Physical Conditions, Capitol Records
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Hank Jones dies at 91; jazz pianist who spanned styles and generations
Hank Jones, whose extraordinary combination of versatility, craftsmanship and creativity during his nearly eight-decade career earned him the reputation as a jazz pianist's pianist, has died. He was 91.
Jones died Sunday at Calvary Hospital in New York...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Flanagan, Madison Square Garden, University of California, Los Angeles, Billie Holiday
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Allentown natives come up short at Grammys, but Pink wins
Lehigh Valley MusicTwo Allentown-born jazz musicians who were vying to become the first Lehigh Valley-born winner of a Grammy Award again watched others claim music’s biggest honors Sunday at the 53rd annual awards ceremony. A spoken worde album with local ties also..... -
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Jazz Boxed Sets: Lady Day Heads The List
The Hartford CourantListening to Billie Holiday, one of the most expressive, vulnerable and visceral vocalists of the 20th century, is much like falling in love. You just can't help yourself. Despite a self-destructive heroin addiction that led to her early death at age...Tags: Tom Brokaw, John Coltrane, Death, Poetry, Armed Forces
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