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Backgrounder: Tina Brooks - True Blue (1960)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
No other category of artist in American history had to fight harder to have his or her creativity recognized than the jazz musician. This war was waged on three fronts—with themselves, with the culture and with their record label. If any one of these three battles was lost, the other two often collapsed as well. In the 1940s and '50s, the battle with one's self meant steering clear of drug addiction. The battle with the culture was the struggle to ...
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Tina Turner (1939-2023)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The moment I heard that Tina Turner had died yesterday at 2:45 p.m., I started writing. I knew what was about to happen. Within minutes, I heard from the arts editor asking for an appreciation needed asap. An hour and 45 minutes later, my essay was done, fact-checked and filed. Tina was a force of nature. Driven, high-energy and charismatic, she had three careers. As a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, she was instrumental in their many ...
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Backgrounder: Tina Brooks, 'Back to the Tracks'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Tina wasn't his real name. When Harold Brooks was young, he was nicknamed Teeny, which at some point wound up as Teena and then Tina. Between 1958 and 1961, the tenor saxophonist recorded five hard bop albums for Blue Note as a leader. There were plenty of Blue Note sideman dates as well. Back to the Tracks was recorded in September and October 1960 but not released until 1998, when producer Michael Cuscuna found the tapes in the Blue Note ...
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Tina Raymond CD Release Celebration For "Left Right Left," Thursday, April 6th At The Blue Whale, Los Angeles
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Mouthpiece Music
One of the most in-demand jazz drummers in Los Angeles, Tina Raymond, unites with two legendary musicians, pianist Art Lande and bassist Putter Smith on her debut CD, Left Right Left (Orenda Records). A politically inspired album, Left Right Left features anti-war anthems, union songs, and other sociopolitical works from America's history, re-imagined through modern jazz. The CD will be available April 7th on Orenda Records and at the CD release celebration on Thursday, April 6th at 9pm (PDT) at ...
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Tina Fabrique Presents Tribute To Ella Fitzgerald At Jazz At Kitano March 13
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Tina Fabrique Presents Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald at Jazz at Kitano Friday, March 13, 8:00 and 10:00 pm New York, NY – It is no secret that Tina Fabrique, jazz vocalist/actress/songwriter, loves the music of Ella Fitzgerald. She has received rave reviews from her award-winning musical Ella since she created the show in 2005. Now, she brings Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald to Jazz at Kitano, 66 Park Avenue at 38th Street in Manhattan, on Friday, March 13, at 8:00 pm ...
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Tina Richerson Trio explores groundbreaking textures on new album
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Lauren Rogers
The outer limits of jazz is where saxophonist Tina Richerson resides, a world in which experimentalism becomes the unifying thread. On the latest album from the Tina Richerson Trio, Up Against the Rail!, traditional jazz is given a slap, flirting with dissonant or uneasy textures. In other words, it actually tosses jazz back into the groundbreaking sonic landscapes that once enabled it to light the world on fire. Up Against the Rail! is a visionary work, one that finds order ...
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New Haven Jazz Festival, August 13: Jay Hoggard, Tina Fabrique, Ed Fast & More!
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
All Great Jazz Is Local at the 2011 New Haven Jazz Festival August 13, 4:30-9:00 pm, New Haven Green 28th Annual Festival features Jay Hoggard, Tina Fabrique, Ed Fast & Conga Bop, Jonathan Barber and Ryan Sands NEW HAVEN—One of the area's largest and longest-running outdoor jazz celebrations, the New Haven Jazz Festival, takes over the New Haven Green on Saturday, August 13, from 4:30-9:00 pm. With a rich history of bringing jazz lovers together to enjoy good company and ...
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Tina Fabrique Commands the House and Captures the Audience in Ella
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AAJ Staff
By Howard Shapiro, Inquirer Theater Critic They called Ella Fitzgerald the First Lady of Song, and was she ever. She became the queen of scat singing in mid-career, reinventing her musical persona as the big-band sound was fading, and by the end she'd made her mark as both an exciting jazz vocalist and a master singer of the Great American Songbook. “God gave this talent to me, so I just stand there and sing," she once said. The remarkable Tina ...
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Jazz's "First Lady of Song" Comes to Life in Ella, a Highly-Acclaimed Musical Starring Tina Fabrique
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AAJ Staff
Show features two dozen of the famed songstresses' greatest hits
(Philadelphia, PA)—Celebrate the “First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald when ELLA, the highly-acclaimed musical about legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald, comes to Philadelphia for a limited engagement, March 22-27, 2011, at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Featuring more than two-dozen hit songs, ELLA combines myth, memory and music into a stylish and sophisticated journey through the life of one of the greatest jazz singers of the 20th century. Broadway ...
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Tina Sinatra Laments the Loss of Her Dad Frank and the Death of Rat Pack Cool
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AAJ Staff
It's been around 50 years since the Rat Pack, perhaps the world's first supergroup, hit the Las Vegas strip, and they've defined cool ever since. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. personified an era where music was smooth, cocktails were neat and the way you wore your hat meant everything. The new collection 'The Very Best of the Rat Pack' captures 18 songs by the individual members, including Sinatra standards 'Come Fly With Me' ...
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