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They're Doing It Frank Sinatra's Way

Source: Michael Ricci
May 11, 2008

Ten years after his death, Ol'Blue Eyes is the color of money under a new deal between the family and Warner Music Group Corp.

A new era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn't here to participate. The iconic singer died May 14, 1998, and the 10th anniversary is being marked with a flurry of activity, including a new U.S. postage stamp with his likeness, lavish new CD and DVD collections, ...

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The Fletcher Henderson Museum in Atlanta

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

The Fletcher Henderson Museum, Inc. Atlanta, GA 30301 Keeper of the Culture Opening 2008 “If you consider yourself culturally literate, you'd better know your Fletcher Henderson." --Kevin Whitehead, Author, Jazz Critic & NPR's Fresh Air Contributor The Museum's Unique Collection includes displays of Bandleader Fletcher Henderson's Baton, One Baby Shoe & Letters To His Mother Lena Horne's Lipstick Print & Autograph Billie Holiday's Original Recording of “Strange Fruit" ...

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Looming Shadow Engulfs Gower Cultch

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

Doomscraper? Here Comes Hollywood's First-Ever Mega-Skyscraper A community thrown into shadow and vistas of the Hollywood sign could be destroyed

The Continuing Saga of Capitol Records

Mark Cassidy, president of Molasky Pacific, one of the Las Vegas-based developers of the proposed megatower at Columbia Square, continued schmoozing with various important-looking men, and his hired guns kept shaking hands. It was a night of reintroduction, after all, to remind a few dozen selected guests that the deep-pocketed folks behind the quiet ...

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Jazz: On the Cusp of a New Golden Age

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

Courtesy of TheRoot.com. Why jazz is hotter than it's been in decades. May 9th, 2008-- Jazz fans are world class in many regards, but especially when it comes to fretting. That's not an insult; jazz lovers have good reason for concern. Despite the rise of programs like Jazz at Lincoln Center and organizations like SF Jazz and the Thelonious Monk Institute, jazz is starved for institutional support. Sales of jazz recordings are also down, making up a meager two percent ...

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