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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Langston Hughes Project
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, we turn our video spotlight on T he Langston Hughes Project, a multi-media setting of Hughes' 1961 poem “Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz" that will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24 at the Meridian Ballroom on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville under the auspices of SIUE's Arts And Issues series. Led by trumpeter and jazz educator Ron McCurdy, the project combines a reading of Hughes' ...
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Happy Birthday Nat Cole
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Today is Nat King Cole's birthday. He would have been 92. The pianist and singer was an inspiration to nearly all piano players coming up in the 1940s, and he was all class throughout his life. Cole made everything look easy, even appearing on television. One of his many gifts was the ability to come through the TV camera and into viewers' hearts.
Here's Cole singing Let There Be Love...
Here's Cole with Mel Torme and June Christy on How ...
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Concert For George Set For Blu-ray Debut On March 22
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1888 Media
CONCERT FOR GEORGE, the legendary tribute concert in honor of GEORGE HARRISON, will be released for the first time ever on Blu-ray on March 22. Originally released in High Definition, the CONCERT FOR GEORGE 2-disc Blu-ray will include the complete concert on the first disc, with a second disc containing the original theatrical version featuring concert highlights, interviews with the performers, rehearsals, and behind- the-scenes footage. The second disc will also include a previously unreleased interview segment entitled “Drummers," featuring ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Steely Dan
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JamBase
WHAT DID THAT DILDO SAY? This week Steely Dan announced their 2011 tour plans, beginning July 2nd in Seattle and ending with a two-night bang in Boston in late September (find full tour dates here). There was a LONG stretch where the idea of live Steely Dan seemed a fiction, a folk tale from the bombed out early 70s. However, since reforming in 1993 the Dan has been a regular staple on the amphitheatre, winery and theatre circuit. And stranger ...
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