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Irving Bush dies at 78; trumpeter played with big bands, L.A. Philharmonic
Irving Bush, a trumpeter with a broad range of musical interests, including jazz and classical, who later in life served as personnel manager for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has died. He was 78. Bush died Jan. 8 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: Death, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Music Industry
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Inside a grand house, history is a comforting companion
Special to The TimesWe bought the house, in Hancock Park, Windsor Square, in 1985. My husband, David, and I were dazzled by the gracious boulevard lined with violet-blue jacaranda trees, the rolling green lawns, the elegant architecture, Mediterranean and Tudor, of the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Dog (animal), Entertainment, Muhammad Ali, Death
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Hip-hop has really got the house jumpin'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDon't talk to Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott about how bad things are supposed to be in the music business. The Portsmouth, Va., native's debut album, "Supa Dupa Fly," burst onto the nation's pop chart at No. 3 during its first week in the stores, selling...Tags: Sony Corp., Rap (genre), Aaliyah, Jodeci (music group), Spice Girls (music group)
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Violas: They're hardly second string
Few violists are born. Most have the instrument thrust upon them. In fact, the viola -- the overlooked stepchild of the orchestra's string section -- is rarely studied as a first instrument at all. Until fairly recently, the road to mastering it...Tags: Jascha Heifetz, Arts and Culture, Industrial Accidents, Opera (genre), Teaching and Learning
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Bob Dylan (1992): Dylan Now
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBob Dylan stares idly at the paperback book that someone has brought aboard his custom tour bus, which is speeding through the snowy Wisconsin countryside in the midnight hour. He has just finished a concert in Madison and is on his way to South Bend,...Tags: Weather Reports, David Bowie, Robert Allen, Dining and Drinking, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Cole Porter tribute offers triumphs and missed opportunities
Why do Cole Porter's songs still get under our skin? For starters, his lyrics show a degree of poetry, wit and insight unattained before he began penning hits in the late 1920s and rarely has been matched in American song since (though Stephen...
Tags: Frank Sinatra, George Gershwin, Music, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald
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Remembering the 'Little Giant,' jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin
Ask anyone who loves jazz to the name the top tenor saxophonist of all time, and he or she probably will answer in a flash. To many, it's Sonny Rollins, at 82 still a giant. Or Gene Ammons, the long-gone, soulful player from the South Side of Chicago....
Tags: University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Fred Anderson, Music, Gene Ammons
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Deirdre Capone softens a notorious icon
What's in a name? If you're a Chicagoan and your surname is Capone, everything. There is perhaps no more notorious name associated with the city (except perhaps Gacy, or for a time, Bartman). Growing up, Deirdre Marie Capone lived what she calls a "shame-...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Physiology, Stephen Graham, John Ford, Newspaper and Magazine
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Dinner theater comes to Oakhurst Tea Room
Love Songs & Valentines Dinner Theatre Show will be presented at the Oakhurst Tea Room in Somerset at 6 p.m. Feb. 14. The show is presented by Alabaster Productions, featuring Mary McCormack, with special guest Jessie Glover. "The great romantic songs...
Tags: Mary McCormack, Arts and Culture, Flight (movie), Music, Celine Dion
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Live music this week: Modern grooves, classic influences
Remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work takes many shapes. One of them is a Sunday night performance by Young Jeezy at Pompano's Club Cinema. Jeezy's "Its tha World" mixtape dropped this past December, adding to the ranks of trap hip-hop records...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Martin Luther King Jr., Natalie Cole, Fiona Apple
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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: Kennedy Center Honors, Sony Corp., Hartford Stage, Concerts, Entertainment
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The Go Guide weekend preview: Dream girls we love
A dream I have. I originally worded that the other way around, but didn’t want to trivialize the brave vision of Dr. King, who, as I was explaining to the kids the other day, should be represented right next to Lincoln on Mount Rushmore, which...
Tags: Beth Smith, Dining and Drinking, Christianity, Pompano Beach, Alicia Keys
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