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News: TV / Film

"Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer": All That Jazz and Plenty of Drama

"Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer": All That Jazz and Plenty of Drama

Anita O'Day sang like an angel, lived like the devil and made enough great music to fill a couple of lifetimes. Actually, she did live twice, considering that a heroin overdose killed her briefly in 1966, before revival with a then-experimental electric-shock device. It's practically a miracle O'Day lived to age 87, singing nearly until the ...

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News: Music Industry

Grand Lady of Jazz Turns 75

Grand Lady of Jazz Turns 75

She started singing at a tender age of six in stage shows which also allowed her to display her acting talent. At 12, she performed for American servicemen detailed at the former Clark Air Base in Pampanga. At 15, she was a frontliner at Jimmy’s Night Club along Dewey (now Roxas) Boulevard. At 20, she clinched ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Anthony Braxton and Brass Quintet/Seven Trumpets at St. Mark's Church in Philadelphia on October 11

Anthony Braxton and Brass Quintet/Seven Trumpets at St. Mark's Church in Philadelphia on October 11

Saturday, October 11 | 8pm St. Mark's Church 1625 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA $10 General Admission Composition N.103 (for Seven Trumpets) with Taylor Ho Bynum, Tim Byrnes, Forbes Graham, Sam Hoyt, John McDonough, Nicole Rampersaud, Nate Wooley, trumpet Costume design by Rosemary ...

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News: Festival

Duke Ellington Jazz Festival Continues to Hit High Note with DC Residents, Tourists

Duke Ellington Jazz Festival Continues to Hit High Note with DC Residents, Tourists

Tourist season has peaked in Washington, DC, but as the leaves began falling and temperatures started to drop, some visitors decided to stay and enjoy the peace and quiet of autumn in the Nation's Capital. Those who weren't in a hurry to leave were treated to an annual event that continues to hit a high note ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Anthony Braxton Falling River Quartet at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia on October 10

Anthony Braxton Falling River Quartet at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia on October 10

Friday, October 10 | 8pm Settlement Music School 416 Queen Street Philadelphia, PA $35 General Admission; all ticket holders will receive free admission to the October 11 brass music concert. Anthony Braxton Falling River Quartet Anthony Braxton, alto/soprano/ sopranino saxophone + contrabass clarinet Erica Dicker, violin ...

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News: Festival

Miriam Makeba Arrives for Ugandan Jazz Festival

Miriam Makeba Arrives for Ugandan Jazz Festival

Legendary music star Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Africa, was due to arrive yesterday evening [in Uganda] ahead of a two-day jazz festival starting today. Makeba, a leading jazz artiste, has promoted African jazz all over the world. The show, dubbed WARID Kampala International Jazz Festival, at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, is part of the ...

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News: Recording

Hans Tammen's Third Eye Orchestra Released on Innova

Hans Tammen's Third Eye Orchestra Released on Innova

In 2006 thirteen of the most virtuosic New York instrumentalists to ever elude labels or boundaries came together at Roulette for an evening length performance to perform Hans Tammen's THIRD EYE ORCHESTRA. Not your usual “orchestra”, this musical vision takes the form of structured spontaneity cued live by the composer. In this ...

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News: Recording

New Orleans Jazz Master Donald Harrison Introduces: Max Moran, Conun Poppas, Joseph Dyson, Jr. and Victor Gould

New Orleans Jazz Master Donald Harrison Introduces: Max Moran, Conun Poppas, Joseph Dyson, Jr. and Victor Gould

Veteran New Orleans-born jazz giant Donald Harrison is building both the future of his city and an undeniable legacy. Harrison can at any time be found hard at work mentoring the minds of young musicians or darting from city to city on a seemingly endless whirlwind tour of performance dates across the globe. To an arguably ...

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News: TV / Film

Movie for Masekela

Movie for Masekela

International jazz giant Hugh Masekela travels the world, playing London, New York, Paris and more in any given year. But he has such fond memories of his childhood in Emalahleni, which was called Witbank at the time, that he's planning a movie about those years. “I want the film to depict how Witbank was back in ...

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News: Festival

Harvestworks 30th Anniversary Benefit

Harvestworks 30th Anniversary Benefit

Harvestworks has helped a generation of artists create new works using technology. We invite you to join us to celebrate our 30th Anniversary! WHAT: NOW,THEN AND FOREVER AFTER HARVESTWORKS 30TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT PARTY WHEN: Thursday October 16th 2008 8 pm WHERE:


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