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Broadway's 'Come Fly with Me' Gives Voice to Frank Sinatra
It's hard to imagine a Broadway show delivering a more dazzling combination of talent than Come Fly With Me (* * * out of four), the Frank Sinatra tribute that opened Thursday at the Marquis Theatre. Conceived, choreographed and directed with characteristic dynamism by Twyla Tharp, this homage features the spine-tingling arrangements of Sinatra's best-loved recordings, ...
Playing Banjo Eased Oscar Stress for Steve Martin
Steve Martin says playing the banjo helped prepare him for his Oscar-hosting gig. The 64-year-old actor-writer-musician says performing live with the Steep Canyon Rangers made him feel comfortable on the Kodak Theatre stage at the Oscars. Martin says he wasn't sure why he wasn't nervous before co-hosting the March 7 Oscars with Alec Baldwin, but a ...
Under Your Skin Interviews: Goran Bregovic, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira & Jaqee
Goran Bregovic interview. Airto Moreira & Flora Purim interview Jaqee interview These interviews are part of the book project “Under your ...
New iTunes Rules Complicate iPad Magazine Opportunities
Apple this week revised the terms of service for its iTunes software, adding a new feature to send apps as gifts. However, the new feature comes with restrictions that may limit the flexibility of magazine publishers to market their wares as they see fit. Apple prohibits the gifting of “in-app purchases, in-app subscriptions, [and] upgrades" which ...
New York in Jazz
ERNESTINE ANDERSON WITH HOUSTON PERSON (Tuesday through Thursday, thru Apr 4) Tenor saxophonist Houston Person, and a rhythm section consisting of the pianist Lafayette Harris Jr., the bassist Lonnie Plaxico and the drummer Willie Jones III. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. ...
Wife of Grammy-Winning Jazz Star Grazed by Bullet
Prosecutors say an 81-year-old woman pulled a revolver from her fanny pack and tried to shoot the wife of a Grammy-winning jazz pianist near the elevator of their New York City condominium. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown says Maria Cartegena pulled out the gun Tuesday night and fired at the 73-year-old wife of Eddie Palmieri. ...
Singer Johnny Maestro Dies in Fla., Battled Cancer
Singer Johnny Maestro of the rock 'n' roll and doo-wop band The Brooklyn Bridge has died. Original band member Les Cauchi says Maestro died late Wednesday in Florida. Maestro was 70 and had been battling cancer. His last residence was in Cape Coral, Fla. Maestro begin his career in the 1950s with The Crests, whose ...
Internet Agency Approves Domains in Native Scripts
Four countries and two territories have won preliminary approval to have Internet addresses written entirely in their native scripts as early as this summer. However, proposals for Internet addresses that would say “China" and “Taiwan" in Chinese will require a few more months of technical review. The delay is not over political disputes, but rather ...
Metal Machine Trio's Ulrich Krieger Interviewed at AAJ
Lou Reed's 1975 release Metal Machine Music--often referred to as “MMM"--is one of the most notorious and misunderstood albums in rock history. Its four sides of guitar feedback were not well received by Reed fans used to songs and vocals. The album was critically panned and withdrawn three weeks after release. In the years that followed, ...
GoDaddy Stops Selling Chinese Domains over Censorship Concerns
GoDaddy, the nets largest domain-name registrar, announced Wednesday it would stop selling .cn domain names, saying it was unwilling to comply with new rules from the Chinese government that require new and existing .cn domain-name holders to provide photo ID. The announcement comes just two days after Google redirected its censored Google.cn search engine to its ...
