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Dale Head And The MindWinder Orchestra "Swing On The Rocks" Release Date July 13!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Hard Rockin' Big Band! Release Date: July 13, 2018 Dale Head releases his latest album, Swing on the Rocks (MindWinder Records) on July 13, 2018, and expands the Great American Songbook with 14 classic rock songs re-imagined in an innovative big band format. Swing on the Rocks explores “soundscapes" in a nod back to the progressive rock of the 1970s. Headphone icons on the album notes indicate where these features enhance the listener's experience. Dale's background is in rock music, ...
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Jazz Gallery Founder Dale Kelley Fitzgerald Leaves Behind Massive Legacy That Lives On In Music, Life & Through The Love Of Others
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All About Jazz
THE JAZZ GALLERY PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR A CELEBRATION IN THE SPIRIT OF DALE FITZGERALD IN COMING MONTHS THE GABRIEL FITZGERALD EDUCATION FUND IS FORMED Dale Kelley Fitzgerald, who co-founded New York’s prestigious Jazz Gallery in 1995 and was its Executive Director until 2009, died on March 20 at Calvary Hospital in Bronx, N.Y., after a long struggle with cancer. He was 72. A strapping man with a well-trimmed goatee, Mr. Fitzgerald possessed an impeccably cool demeanor, a fiery spirit, ...
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Matt Jorgensen in Denver for Dale Chisman Art Show
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Drummer Matt Jorgensen is in Denver this week for the opening of Dale Chisman In Retrospect an exhibition of paintings by the noted Denver abstractionist. Jorgensen's recent recording, Tattooed by Passion, is based on the paintings of Chisman, who is his wife's late-father. The show starts this Thursday, with an opening reception at 6:00pm and runs through February 27 at RedLine (2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver). Jorgensen will be interviewed on KUVO 89.3fm radio Wednesday afternoon (1:20pm Denver time, 12:20pm Seattle ...
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Dale Hawkins Early Rock Musician Wrote 'Susie-Q' Dies
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Michael Ricci
The singer-guitarist's 1957 hit became a rock anthem and was covered by many artists, including the Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
The raw, bluesy swamp-rock sound of the original “Suzy Susie-Q" grew out of Dale Hawkin's childhood experience, steeped in rural country and blues music.
Dale Hawkins, a singer-guitarist best known for his 1957 hit Susie-Q, which became a rock anthem, died Saturday in Little Rock, Ark., his family announced. He was 73. He was diagnosed with colon cancer ...
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Dale Wasserman Dies at 94; Playwright Best Known for 'Man of la Mancha'
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Michael Ricci
Dale Wasserman, a playwright best known for writing the book for the Tony Award- winning Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and the stage version of Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died. He was 94.
Wasserman died Sunday of congestive heart failure at his home in Paradise Valley, Ariz., said Richard Warren, a friend.
Beginning with writing live television dramas in the 1950s, Wasserman went on to write screenplays for several films, including The Vikings ...
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Alto saxophonist Dale Norris dead at 68
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All About Jazz
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Dale Norris, an alto saxophonist who played in the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the early 1960s and toured with the big bands of Tommy Dorsey and Henry Mancini, died of lung cancer Tuesday. He was 68.
Family members said Mr. Norris was diagnosed with the disease in April.
He went on to perform and record with Kenton and the NBC Staff Orchestra in New York City, and played with the big bands of Ralph Marterie and Buddy ...
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