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Beverly Kenney: Vocalist in Distress
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Beverly Kenney recorded seven albums between 1955 to 1959. She had a singing voice that was a cross between Blossom Dearie and Marilyn Monroe, but her approach on songs was courageous, taking risks on melodies that made her interesting to hear. What wasn't evident from her publicity photos—showing a poised, attractive and seemingly upbeat woman—was her depression. Kenney suffered terribly at a time when medications for mental illness were barely effective or were powerfully strong. Those who suffered often were ...
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Playboy Jazz Festival Presents The New Jump Blues Band, Featuring Antonio Fargas, In Free Community Concert Sunday, May 5th, At Beverly Hills Civic Center
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Nina Gordon Public Relations
Jump, Jive and Swing... PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTS THE NEW JUMP BLUES BAND, FEATURING ANTONIO FARGAS, IN FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT SUNDAY, MAY 5TH, AT BEVERLY HILLS CIVIC CENTER. Beverly Hills High School Jazz Band To Open Show Get ready to jump, jive and swing… when the New Jump Blues Band, one of the most exuberant foot-stomping musical groups to jump off the national stage, comes to Beverly Hills for a free community concert presented by the Playboy Jazz Festival this ...
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Beverly Kenney After Dark
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
As you'll soon see, only Playboy's Hugh Hefner could pour out champagne and then rest his forearm across the top of the bottle. On Hef's Playboy's Penthouse TV show in late 1959 or early 1960, one of his guests was singer Beverly Kenney. Amazing Kenney could remember the lyrics with her host staring at her so intently. But to Kenney's credit, she did manage to coax Hefner into singing with her on Makin' Whoopee. And it turns out he had ...
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Playboy Jazz Festival Presents Latin-jazz Artist Jose Rizo And 9-piece Band Mongorama In Free Beverly Hills Concert May 6th
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Hot rhythms… Beverly Hills will sizzle when acclaimed Latin jazz artist Jose Rizo brings his new 9-piece Latin-jazz ensemble Mongorama to the city for a free concert. The event will celebrate the musical legacy of famous conga legend Mongo Santamaria, featuring much of his early charanga-jazz material from the 1950’s and 60’s including many of his original compositions. The Beverly Hills High School Jazz Band will open the show performing a variety of jazz, blues, swing, rock and Latin music. ...
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Playboy Jazz Festival Presents Latin Jazz Artist Jose Rizo And His New 9-piece Band "Mongorama" In Free Beverly Hills Concert May 6th
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Beverly Hills will sizzle when acclaimed Latin Jazz artist Jose Rizo brings his new nine–piece Latin jazz ensemble, Mongorama to the city for a free community concert, Sunday, May 6th. Presented by the Playboy Jazz Festival as part of their free community event series, the concert will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Civic Center Plaza, located at 450 North Rexford Drive, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Burton Way. The concert is the first ...
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Vocalist Samantha Farrell Performing at Chianti Jazz Lounge in Beverly on February 1
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Vocalist Beverly Lewis Conveys Stunning Versatility On Bluesy New Record
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Lauren Rogers
Vocalist Beverly Lewis knows how to bring the house down, leaving audiences in All Shades of Blues. Her voice emits a raw power that wallops everything in its path. Although she is able to include the various nuances of jazz and country in her repertoire, it is the blues that Lewis lives and breathes. Her singing, sometimes raspy, sometimes affectionately smooth, reaches into the deepest recesses of the heart. On “Someone Else Is Steppin' In," Lewis is pulling herself from ...
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Playboy Jazz Festival To Present Justo Almario's Afro-Colombian Ensemble And Israeli Pianist Tamir Hendelman's Trio, In Free Community Concert Sunday, May 1st, At Beverly Hills Civic Center
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Get ready for a little samba, a little sass, and a lot of jazz, when the acclaimed multi-talented master saxophonist and composer Justo Almario brings his distinctive fusion of jazz, South-American and world rhythms to Beverly Hills in a free concert on Sunday, May 1st. The show will also feature award-winning Israeli pianist Tamir Hendelman and his Trio. Presented by the Playboy Jazz Festival, the event will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Civic ...
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Jazz Singer Amanda Carr Appearing at Chianti Jazz Lounge in Beverly on Sunday, February 13
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Beverly Roberts Singer with Dorsey Brothers Passes
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Michael Ricci
Beverly Roberts, 95, who co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in the 1936 film “Two Against the World," died July 13 at her home in Laguna Niguel of natural causes, her second cousin Christina Baker said.
Born May 19, 1914, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Roberts became a Warner Bros. contract player in 1935. She made her first film the next year with Al Jolson in the musical “The Singing Kid."
She starred as a female lumberjack in “God's Country and the Woman" in ...
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