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WITH VIDEO: Exploring Avedon's impact on fashion photography

5787 days ago
Detroit Free Press — An exuberant snap and visceral pop pulsate through much of the best American vernacular art. Louis Armstrong's "Stardust." Fred Astaire's "Top Hat." Frank Sinatra's "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" Francis Ford Coppola's "The Go... more info
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Album review: Michael Bublé's 'Crazy Love'

5790 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the first three paragraphs of a release introducing Grammy-winning vocalist Michael Bublé's new album, he is mentioned in the same sentence as a choirboy, Elvis and Louis Armstrong. Curious company, but needless to say when an artist sells in..... more info
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AWARD: Joe Wilder to be Honored by Manhattan School of Music

5800 days ago
All About Jazz — Four Manhattan School of Music alumni are being honored at a special alumni homecoming reception on October 16, 2009. Joe Wilder, Capt. Kenneth Force, Elliot Goldenthal, and Laquita Mitchell will be recognized for their significant career accomplishm... more info
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When jazz album covers were as fiery as the music inside

5802 days ago
Guardian Music — After the 1960s, jazz got loud and angry. And so did its record sleevesIt was a time when white visitors to New York took a deep breath and rode the subway to 125th Street, since cab drivers cruising the midtown streets could not be persuaded to take... more info
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 3)

5804 days ago
All About Jazz — When Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong tried to iron out how their 1953 joint tour would play out, egos clashed and Goodman dropped out. Goodman's decision proved to be a stroke of luck for trumpeter Al Stewart. As the Goodman band without Goodman fe... more info
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 2)

5805 days ago
All About Jazz — Trumpeter Al Stewart spent much of 1948 and 1949 touring with Benny Goodman's bebop band. Al was classically trained, and Benny appreciated his hard work and rock solid sound in the trumpet section. But by late 1949, Goodman was fed up with bop. So h... more info
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 1)

5806 days ago
All About Jazz — You may not recognize Al Stewart's name. But back in the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the most in-demand East Coast trumpeters in the big-band business. Over the past 55 years, Al has played trumpet along side the biggest names in post-War jazz... more info
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

5839 days ago
All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Lester Young's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY 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 19... more info
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Soul/Jazz Singer Amy Serrata Collaborates with Willie Norwood on Debut Album

5847 days ago
All About Jazz — Singer + Songwriter, Amy Serrata creates music intended to heal and bring people together. Amy’s interest in singing arose at an early age listening to the sounds of Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong to name a few. Sh... more info
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OBITUARY: Les Paul

5852 days ago
All About Jazz — {{Les Paul = 10165}}, who affected the course of popular music in profound ways, died yesterday at the age of 94. Jazz devotees may remember the guitarist most fondly from the days in the 1930s when he collaborated with Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge ... more info
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