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Enter the Rhino Handmade Records "Hommage a Nesuhi" Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Rhino Handmade Records “Hommage a Nesuhi“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select ONE winner to receive this 5 disc, limited edition set at the conclusion of the contest on July 31st. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Nesuhi Ertegun at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Rhino Handmade Records

About Hommage a Nesuhi To mark the 60th anniversary of Atlantic ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Fly - Sky & Country" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2009

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Harve Presnell Commanding Baritone in Broadway Musicals Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2009

Best known for his stage roles in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' and 'Annie,' he also appeared on television shows and in films.

Harve Presnell, the commanding baritone who starred in such Broadway musicals as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and “Annie," died of pancreatic cancer Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, according to his agent, Gregg Klein. The actor was 75.

Although best known for his roles in musical theater, Presnell also appeared on television, including a three-year ...

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Tony Bennett Never Left Astoria Behind

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2009

Tony Bennett sings about leaving his heart in San Francisco. But when he talks, it seems to have remained in Astoria, the western Queens neighborhood where he grew up.

“The finest place to live", Mr. Bennett, 82, said as he showed a reporter his favorite haunts. “Ive been all over the world Paris and Florence and Capri and yet I come back here and I like this better than any place Ive ever lived."

Mr. Bennett lives on West 57th ...

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Levon Helm's 'Electric Dirt'

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2009

If there's one thing a good drummer knows it's the power of a groove, and Helm, one of rock's greatest with the sticks, has them in spades on Electric Dirt, his second album since recovering from throat cancer.

Helm's upped the rock energy quotient here, taking him even closer to that timeless Americana sound he and his mates in the Band helped create four decades ago. The sources of that sound are evident in the earthy blues of Muddy Waters' ...

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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at the Bowl: Fantasy Becomes Reality

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2009

The stairway to classic-rock heaven extended straight into the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night as '60s British rock heroes Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood closed their all-too-quick 14-city, three-week U.S. tour with a nearly 2 -hour excursion through the music they created, individually and collectively, three and four decades ago.

Even without considering any of the music that either Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has made in the past 30 years, they had plenty to draw from, starting ...

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Stevie Wonder Ignites Montreal Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2009

Stevie Wonder Ignites Montreal Jazz Festival With Classic Grooves, Salutes to Michael Jackson

If there was an unseen presence at Stevie Wonders free outdoor show at the Montreal International Jazz Festival last night, it was that of a fellow Motown child star. Wonder was brought in to launch the festivals 30th anniversary with a bang. But before singing a note, he walked out on the General Motors stage, accompanied by his daughter, Aisha Morris, and somberly addressed the audience.

I ...

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Michael Jackson Will Not Be Buried at Neverland Ranch

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2009

Funeral arrangements for Michael Jackson are still in flux, but one thing is clear: The pop icon will not be buried at Neverland Ranch.

Jacksons family wanted him interred at the Santa Barbara County estate, the site of some of the happiest and saddest times in his life, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had agreed to help clear any state bureaucratic hurdles, a source close to the situation told The Times.

But in the end, the source said, county officials could ...

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