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How to get your missing scroll bars back
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Michael Ricci
Note: See the comments section below for the Windows tip. Wondering what happened to the scroll bars on your Mac’s desktop windows? Believe me, you’re not the only one. In older versions of the Mac operating system (as in just a couple of years ago), prominent scroll bars were present at all times—handy for letting you know where you were in a lengthy web page, or for simply letting you know that there’s hidden content either above or below. Since ...
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Los Angeles Jazz Society 30th Anniversary Jazz Tribute Awards Oct. 27
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Mary Barrow
Van Nuys, CA: It will be a family affair when the Los Angeles Jazz Society pays tribute to Latin jazz artists Sheila E., her father, Pete, and brothers Juan and Peter Michael Escovedo at the Society's 30th Anniversary Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City on Sunday, Oct. 27. The dynamic musical family has been selected as the Society's 2013 Jazz Honoree. Famed jazz and classical music flutist and saxophonist Hubert Laws will be presented ...
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Lyn Stanley’s 'Lost In Romance' Album Released To Critical Acclaim
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Muse Media
Los Angeles, CA: Lost In Romance, the debut album by singer Lyn Stanley featuring 13 of jazz’s finest musicians, was released August 20th to widespread critical acclaim and airplay both across the country and internationally. A passionate ode to the music and romance of another era, Lost In Romance is also a tribute to Stanley’s friend and mentor, the late legendary world-class jazz pianist Paul Smith, whom she credits with launching her career as a singer. Featuring 15 songs that ...
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New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation Department Presents Walking Between The Worlds-Stories, Violinist/Singer Eden MacAdam-Somer’s Faculty Recital Thursday, September 12
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Musical Tales of Love and Loss, Death and Immortality, War and Introspection Drawing on Works by Monk, Blake, Vaughan-Williams, Takemitsu and Sufi poet Rumi Astonishing virtuosity and raw expression…” — by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times ...a remarkable musician. Violinist, fiddler (there’s a difference), clogger, and vocalist, she bowed, plucked, and danced up a storm... Singing and fiddling at the same time is her specialty, but her rendition of a Vaughan-Williams piece for soprano and violin was truly extraordinary.” ...
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JAZZ.FM91 Announces 2013 Sound Of Jazz Concert Series Lineup
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Jessica Frohman
Toronto, Ontario: The JAZZ.FM91 2013 Sound of Jazz Concert Series returns this Fall for a 38th season of shows from an all-star mix of international and local jazz artists. This season features 6 concerts running from September through December at The Old Mill Inn, Toronto, on Monday nights at 8:00PM. The season kicks off September 30th with music legend Dick Hyman on solo piano. Hyman, a pianist, composer, arranger and music director has scored over a dozen Woody Allen films, ...
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Polish Jazz Guitar Master Jarek Smietana Passed Away On September 2, 2013
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Cezary L. Lerski
Jaroslaw (Jarek) Smietana was born March 29, 1951 in Krakow, Poland. Jazz guitarist, composer and teacher. A graduate of Jazz and Popular Music faculty at The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Muzyczna w Katowicach). During his successful career, Jarek Smietana has always been very active on the Polish Jazz scene. He was a leader of many groups, including ‘Hall’, 'Extra Ball', 'Sounds', 'Symphonic Sound Orchestra', and 'Polish Jazz Stars Band’. He had a series of ...
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Tribute To Henry "Red" Allen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to Henry ‘Red’ Allen, one of the last great trumpeters to come out of New Orleans in the 1920s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Off the bandstand, trumpeter Henry ‘Red’ Allen was reserved—as a performer, he ...
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Stephanie Jordan At Jazz In The Park; Louis Armstrong Park New Orleans
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Sylvain Music Notes
NEW ORLEANS, LA: People United for Armstrong Park presents Stephanie Jordan on Thursday, September 12, at 5:00 PM during week two of its nine week Jazz in the Park series which is held at the Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans. Jordan’s act precedes Davell Crawford who follows her opening act on that night. The hours of Jazz in the Park are now noon to 8PM, with the Treme Nights after party happening at Kermit Ruffin’s Treme Speakeasy from 8PM ...
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