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Dee Bell releases "Sagacious Grace" with Houston Person, Al Plank, John Stowell, Michael Spiro, Colin Bailey and John Wiitala

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Dee Bell
Former Concord Jazz Recording Artist Dee Bell Moves to the Laser Label with the new album Sagacious Grace (Cat #0708). Available on CD Baby, Amazon, and ITunes as of 15 August 2011 Featuring Al Plank: piano; Houston Person: saxophone; John Stowell: guitar; Michael Spiro: percussion; Colin Bailey: drums; John Wiitala: bass. Praised by critics both abroad and in the United States for her gorgeous phrasing" and clear and easy delivery (Stereo Review)" of the lyrics of a song, West Coast ...
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A Plank Slate for an Oral Surfing History

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Michael Ricci
Hawaiian legend Duke Kahanamoku and other wave riders relax on the beach at San Onofre in the 1940s. Surfings roots are in Polynesia, but the lifestyle of modern surfing was born in Southern California.
The Surfing Heritage Foundation is undertaking an effort to collect the oral histories of wave riders from California and elsewhere. 'We're running out of the old-timers,' says a surfing writer. If you owned a surfboard 20, 40 or even 60 years ago, and used it often, ...
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Marlene Ver Plank + Mary Foster Conklin & Cleve Douglas at the Iridium Wednesday March 1

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All About Jazz
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson