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Vintage TV Launches | The Tony Blair Interview With Andrew Marr | Alex Higgins: The People's Champion | Tonight's TV highlights

5917 days ago
Guardian Music — Vintage TV Launches | The Tony Blair Interview With Andrew Marr | Waterloo Road | First Love | Alex Higgins: The People's Champion | Burn NoticeVintage TV Launches 6pm, Sky 369, Freesat 515Tracks from 1940 to 1989 are the focus of this new retro mus... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

5921 days ago
All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Lester Young's birthday today! Lester YoungLester "Prez" Young was one of the giants of the tenor saxophone. He was the greatest improviser between Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong of the 1920s and Charlie Parker in... more info

Gene Conners obituary

5922 days ago
Guardian Music — US trombonist known as the 'Mighty Flea'When the Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Revue played the 100 Club in London in July 1972 in front of a teeming, enthusiastic crowd, several acts stood out, among them the diminutive, yet slightly menacing, singlet-... more info

Marsalis pays tribute to Louis Armstrong in film

5923 days ago
Detroit Free Press — Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, one of the most famous sons of New Orleans, has always felt a special kinship with Louis Armstrong -- the Gabriel of the 20th Century, who came roaring out of the Crescent City nearly 100 years ago and, more than any other ... more info

OBITUARY: George David Weiss 'What a Wonderful World' Songwriter Dies

5923 days ago
All About Jazz — George David Weiss, who authored such signature pop songs as Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love" and Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World," died Aug. 23 of natural causes in Oldwick, N.J. He was 89. His passing was acknowledged in a ... more info

TV/FILM: 'Louis,' 'Bolden!' Are Two Jazz Films 14 Years in Making

5927 days ago
All About Jazz — The Marsalis family is among a group of jazz-loving musicians and actors helping a first-time director bring to life a pair of dramatic films about the genre's earliest days in New Orleans. Dan Pritzker, a professional musician and an heir to the ... more info

EVENT: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola October 2010 Lineup

5928 days ago
All About Jazz — Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola October 2010 Lineup Coca-Cola Generations In Jazz Festival Sept 6-Oct 10 WHAT/WHO: The Coca-Cola Generations In Jazz Festival, which began September 6, 2010, continues through October 10, 2010. It features a full array of jazz... more info

EDUCATION: National Jazz Museum in Harlem Aquires Long-Lost Collection: Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and More

5929 days ago
All About Jazz — NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ACQUIRES LONG-LOST COLLECTION OF RECORDINGS BY AMERICAN JAZZ ICONS Over 100 hours of live performances capture the golden age of jazz and include Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman... more info

Jazz treasure trove to be made public

5930 days ago
Guardian Music — Savory Collection, featuring rare live sets by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Coleman Hawkins, to go on display at US National Jazz MuseumSome of the most sought-after recordings in early jazz will soon be available to the public – at least if... more info

Album review: Brian Wilson's 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin'

5932 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On “Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin,” the summer mash-up between the surf-sound maestro and the Jazz Age composer, the most obvious retooling is on “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” Far from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s wistf... more info

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