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The Very Best of the Rat Pack Available January 25th
Iconic entertainers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.—the Rat Pack, a sheer force of nature on stage and film that defined suave masculine brio in the early 1960s. To commemorate this legendary act, Reprise Records will release an essential collection: THE VERY BEST OF THE RAT PACK on January 25. Featuring 18 Vegas-era favorites ...
Jazz News: Huge Music Donation to the Library of Congress
Universal Music Group has made a huge donation of treasured recordings from its vault to the Library of Congress. The material, dating from 1926 to 1948, includes music from Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, and Billie Holiday. Here's the story from the New York Times: Library of Congress Gets a Mile of Music By Larry ...
Louie Cruz Beltran Performs Tribute to Willie, Mongo and Cal!
Hollywood, CA.—Noted percussionist and bandleader Louie Cruz Beltran returns to Catalina's Jazz Club January 27th to perform a special tribute to three influential figures in the history of Latin Jazz—Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, and Cal Tjader. Beltran, whose high energy showmanship draws from a rich variety of jazz, R&B and pop influences, has long admired and ...
Frank Macchia Grammy Nominated For Third Time and New CD!
Grammy nominated Composer/arranger Frank Macchia has received his third nomination for a Grammy for his interpretation of the classic American folk song “Skip To My Lou," in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category. The song is from his recent jazz CD Folk Songs for Jazzers, where he reinterprets traditional American folk songs. He also is releasing a ...
A Cool Ocean Breeze of Jazz
For anyone who hasn't seen Bert Stern's jazz documentary, Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960), go rent it immediately. This immensely enjoyable film, shot at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, is visual and aural candy. It is equal parts great jazz and people watching and both prove fascinating. The jazz audience of fifty years ago is ...
Jazz Poetry - "Canary"
Canary by Rita DoveFor Michael S. Harper Billie Holiday's burned voicehad as many shadows as lights,a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano,the gardenia her signature under that ruined face. (Now you're cooking, drummer to bass,magic spoon, magic needle.Take all day if you have towith your mirror and your bracelet of song.) Fact is, the invention of ...
Monterey Jazz Festival Names Chris Doss as Managing Director
Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce that Chris Doss has been named as the Festival's Managing Director. Mr. Doss brings a wealth of music, arts, and entertainment industry experience to the Monterey Jazz Festival. As an administrator, he has managed multi-million dollar ...
Paois Records: The Little Label That Could
What do a radio promoter in Livingston, Texas, an entertainment lawyer in Berkeley, California, a publicist in Lincoln, Massachusetts, a sales rep who is a grandfather, and an operations & marketing director balancing her laptop in one hand and young child in the other have in common? They are all on the team of San Francisco-based ...
