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Art Pepper: Mucho Calor
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
When brothers John and Alex Siamas started Rex Productions in 1957, it was conceived as a holding company for several record labels that they launched the same year. Andex was Rex's jazz and gospel imprint but also released R&B and rock 'n' roll singles. Keen was primarily rock 'n' roll and R&B. The third was Ensign, which featured rock 'n' roll and gospel. The reason for the category overlap among the labels was to avoid having one label played too ...
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Rafael Escalona Colombian Folk Balladeer Dies
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Michael Ricci
Rafael Escalona, who absorbed the ways and wisdom of wandering troubadours to become a beloved writer of ballads that became classics of Colombia folk music and inspired the novelist Gabriel Garca Mrquez, died Wednesday in Bogot. He was 81.
The death was announced by the government of Colombia. Reports on the cause of death differed.
Mr. Escalona was a pioneering songwriter and singer of vallenato, the folk music of Colombias remote Caribbean region. The sound, driven by the plaintive wail ...
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