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Chucho Valdés' Latin jazz comes to Disney Hall
Among the accolades heaped on Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés is a honorary citizenship from the city of New Orleans.
"The mayor gave me the title," Valdés, 71, said recently, speaking by phone in Spanish and plainly savoring the memory.
It's not the...Tags: Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music
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Ledisi, Questlove, Mark Bradford pay tribute to Diana Ross
Pop & HissIn putting together this overview of the five-decade career of Diana Ross, who this Saturday will be presented with a lifetime achievement award by the Recording Academy, her first-ever Grammy, the goal was to speak to people across disciplines and... -
Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer
Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73.
She died at...Tags: Health, Leukemia, Heroin, Lana Turner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Hot Property: Singing over a 'bird street' sale
Christina Aguilera has sold her Sunset Strip-area house for $4,653,815.
The Midcentury Modern, built in 1960, is in the celebrity-populated "bird streets." The 6,500-square-foot post-and-beam house has a recording studio, a screening room and walls of...Tags: Condos, The Voice (tv program), ABC (tv network), Real Estate Buyers, National Hockey League
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Live review: Katy Perry at the Nokia Theatre
Pop & HissKaty Perry performed at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Friday, August 5, with Robyn opening. Live review by August Brown.... -
Live review: Adele, Wanda Jackson at the Greek Theatre
Pop & HissA live review of Adele's sold out performance at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Reviewed by Times pop critic Randall Roberts... -
Russ Courtnall, Paris Vaughan seek buyer for Thousand Oaks home
Former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan, have listed their home in Thousand Oaks for sale at $8.5 million.
The Lake Sherwood house, completed in 2010, has 8,450 square feet on a single level. The modern...Tags: National Hockey League, Homes, Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs
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Gene McDaniels dies at 76; pop singer and songwriter
Gene McDaniels, who emerged as a pop singing star in the early 1960s with hits such as "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" and "Tower of Strength" and a decade later wrote Roberta Flack's No. 1 hit "Feel Like Makin' Love," has died. He was 76.
McDaniels, whose...Tags: Gladys Knight, Ray Charles, Human Interest, John Legend, Human Accomplishments
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Fayrene 'Faye' Treadwell dies at 84; former Drifters manager
Fayrene "Faye" Treadwell, the former manager of the Drifters who won a longtime legal battle to stop promoters from infringing on the classic rhythm-and-blues vocal group's trademark name, has died. She was 84.
Treadwell, one of the first female...Tags: Health, Bill Clinton, African Americans, Breast Cancer, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Bill Cosby, jazz connoisseur
Culture MonsterThe Playboy Jazz Festival emcee mentions George Benson, Thelonious Monk and Etta James as being among those who really got to him.... -
PASSINGS: Giorgio Baldi, Gene Shefrin, Ty Jurras
GIORGIO BALDI
Santa Monica
trattoria owner
Giorgio Baldi, 66, whose Santa Monica trattoria was a favorite among celebrities such as Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn and Rihanna, died Monday while on vacation in Mexico, his family said. The cause of death was...Tags: Health, Consumer Goods Industries, Perry Como, Vic Damone, Bill Clinton
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Critic's Notebook: Who really owns Gershwin?
"Who says that only Americans know how to play Gershwin?" asks Gramophone magazine this month as it hails a new Gershwin CD from the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the German orchestra that calls itself the world's oldest. "By this time possibly nobody," the British...Tags: Germany, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Leonard Bernstein, Music
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