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Oasis Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Awards Announced

February 6, 2011

Keyboardist George Duke will be given a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards in San Diego. Posthumous awards will also be handed out to Saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. and Bassist Wayman Tisdale for its Hall of Fame. A multi-talented musician, Duke has worked with numerous acclaimed artists, spanning numerous genres as a ...

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Article: Album Review

George Kahn: Cover Up!

Read "Cover Up!" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
April 11, 2009

West Coast jazz pianist George Kahn presents fresh new arrangements to pop and rock tunes associated with such groups as Cream, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bill Withers and John Mayer, in a sense redefining or adding to the controversy, or, as the title of his album would suggest, the Cover Up! of what truly defines the ...

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Article: Film Review

Bill Withers: Just As I Am

by Jim Santella
December 16, 2005

Bill Withers Just As I Am Columbia/Legacy 2005 The 1960s and early 1970s were a time for social reform in the United States. Popular folk singers such as Bill Withers made a difference in our lives by helping to shape general attitudes and by pointing out where change ...