Ken Hawkins (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Charleston businessman Guy E. Beatty, Jr is donating $60 million to the College of Charleston. The college said the donation is the single largest ever to a public institution in South Carolina.
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Multiple Grammy-winning group Take 6 has released a brand-new collection of tunes that showcase their amazing six-part harmonies. The Standard offers a number of reinterpreted jazz classics and features guest appearances by George Benson, Al Jarreau, Jon Hendricks, Roy Hargrove, Till Bronner, Aaron Neville, and Brian McKnight. The late jazz great Ella Fitzgerald even appears on "A-Tisket, A-Tasket,"...
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
The Song Box Ninth Season! Now in Seaford on the same program: Return To The Dream (Martha Trachtenberg, Tom Griffith, Diane Garisto, & Andy Huenerberg) Return To The Dream Return To The Dream is an alternative acoustic band that draws on folk, pop, rock, blues and bluegrass influences to create their original music. [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
NORTH SQUARE SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Sunday September 21, 2008 Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs Live at Washington Square Park Hotel Restaraunt, The North Square Lounge. 103 Waverly Place @ MacDougal New York, New York 10011 212.254.1200 2 Sets: 12:30pm and 2:00pm No Cover, Reservation Recommended...
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
Comedian Bill Cosby will headline the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation's gala event, executives announced Monday. "Evening on the Diamond" will be held April 2, 2009, at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix and will include cocktails, dinner on the playing field and a performance by one of TV's best-known dads.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
On Aug. 29, 2008, several hundred bicyclists took to the streets, where they stopped traffic in an effort to promote awareness of bicyclists on the roads. Critical Mass happens the last Friday of every month.
Jewlicious (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Remember when George Benson did a jazz guitar version of all of Abbey Road one month after the Beatles released theirs? Me neither, but it happened. Seems that remixes killed covers for the most part, especially when it’s electronic music going to acoustic form, and that’s a shame. Sooo my dude Diwon sent me this one [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, the wittiest, most musically savvy husband-and-wife team in pop-jazz, transformed Café Carlyle into a silk-covered magic carpet that floated up and away to screwball heaven.
A Bowl of Stupid (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
(Me, walking in off the reef in Rote with my [semi] new 7′ retro single fin) (Me, trying to figure out how to work that goddamn single-fin in head-high surf) As you can see, I finally posted a couple of new(ish) photos from my most recent trip to Rote, Indoneisa. These were taken by a friend of [...]
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
American jazz musicians Al Jarreau and George Benson are now in Manila for a one-night concert that will be held at Araneta Coliseum on Monday, September 8th.
Business World (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Get a double dose of romantic music as American music icons singer Al Jarreau and guitarist George Benson join forces for a special one-night concert at the Araneta Coliseum on Sept. 8 (Monday), 8 p.m.
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
George Benson and Al Jarreau this Saturday If you haven't heard about this concert yet, then you probably don't ride in taxis, watch TV, browse any of Shanghai's bigger magazines or websites, and don't have friends who are into this kind of music. Either that or you're really good at ignoring advertising and your friends. In any case, it's likely to be a good show since either of these two individually...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
We know that these are tough times for housebuilders, but how is the rest of the property industry coping? Cherry Maslen reports.
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Funky16Corners Radio v.56 - Solar Heat Playlist Kool & the Gang – Dujii (Dee Lite) Edu Lobo – Upa Neguinho (Philips) Bob James – Take Me To the Mardi Gras (CTI) Cal Tjader – Solar Heat (Buddah) Peddlers – On a Clear Day (Epic) Gabor Szabo – Divided City (Buddah) Ramsey Lewis Trio – People Make the World Go Round (Columbia) Jean Pace – [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Music Reviews: Twenty years ago, a team like S.M.V. would have been impossible. The role of the electric bass as a solo instrument still wasn't fully developed, let alone the task of finding room within a band for three star bassists with distinctive identities.
