All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
On Wednesday, October 15, the Keene State Department of Music will present KSC faculty member Scott Mullett and his jazz quartet, and Vermont’s leading Carribbean- and Latin-inspired jazz band, Zabap, led by Julian Gerstin, for a recital, at 7.30pm...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Creole a la Django Thalia Theater, Symphony Space New York City September 15, 2008 It is unusual for the clarinet, the smallest and hardest-to hear-instrument in a jazz ensemble, to be in the forefront. But Evan Christopher has brought the musical stick front and center in the various sized ensembles he has led in New Orleans and Paris...
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
. September 20, 2008 > Richard M. Sudhalter, 69, author and Jazz musician, Is dead > By DOUGLAS MARTIN > > Richard M. Sudhalter, who won wide respect as a mellifluous trumpet > player (cornet, actually- JD) and perspicacious jazz historian — and ignited controversy for > a book arguing that jazz was shaped by white as well as black > musicians [...]
Crud Crud (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Georgia Gibbs Kiss of Fire 45 (Bell, 1952) What is there to say about a song like "Kiss of Fire"? It is what it is and really doesn't need explanation. As far as the singer, Georgia Gibbs. She was raised in an orphanage and it was there she took to singing. Worked her way into gigs with Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey. Though she made her first record in 1936 and had cut singles with Danny Kaye and others,...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Q: I would like to know what was the name of the well-known orchestra leader who made the popular song "Begin the Beguine." I saw it played in Cleveland at the Palace Theater in the '60s. Was he a horn player?
Honey, Where You Been So Long? (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
This is the final release of The St. James Infirmary collection here at Honey. There are some real gems in this group, Blind Willie McTell, Jimmie Rodgers and Two Gallants are my favorites in this batch. Thanks again to all the readers who submit files - This couldn’t have come together without ya’ll. 1. Roy King [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
The legendary vocal/instrumental group The Four Freshmen will celebrate its 60th anniversary at a reunion of band members past and present at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre, Aug. 21 to 23.
The Weight (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Through the efforts of one dedicated man, you can download thousands of digitized recordings that he is currently working to upload from old 78s contained in his personal collection. These tracks, available free of charge, come from the greats of jazz, blues, country, bluegrass and more. They feature legends such as Art Tatum, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Bill Monroe, Billie Holiday, Count
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
IT WAS perhaps unfortunate that the sultry actress, whose bed was rarely cold, could have been married to her third husband at the time he was presented with a self-willed chimpanzee by another Hollywood siren,
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Mr. Dello Joio won awards throughout his career, gathering a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his piece "Meditations on Ecclesiastes" for string orchestra and an Emmy in 1965 for a TV series, "The Louvre," on NBC. He also wrote works for ballet; Martha Graham choreographed a number of them. The jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw commissioned a concerto from him....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Obituary: Gone With the Wind actor who admitted to a colourful private life
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
BIODUN IGINLA, BBC News, Minneapolis LEAD STORY July 24, 1911 Machu Picchu discovered On July 24, 1911, American archeologist Hiram Bingham gets his first look at Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that… MORE > GENERAL INTEREST 1567: Mary Queen of Scots deposed 1847: Mormons settle Salt Lake Valley 1969: Kennedy’s goal accomplished AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1776: Hancock scolds Schuyler AUTOMOTIVE...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
“Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.” — Billie Holiday Manhattan 1944. A smoky jazz band simmers. The lights come up on a regal, almost-too-calm woman in white. She seems as if she’s sat on that stool forever. The music swells past the intro she leans in [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Evelyn Keyes, 91, who played Scarlett O'Hara's younger sister Suellen in Gone With the Wind and counted director John Huston and bandleader Artie Shaw among her famous husbands, died July 4 at her home in Montecito, Calif.
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evelyn Keyes, who played Scarlett O'Hara's younger sister Suellen in "Gone With the Wind" and counted director John Huston and bandleader Artie Shaw among her famous husbands, has died. She was 91.
