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Article: Big Band Report

Farewell, Sir John

by Jack Bowers
March 4, 2010

Some of us are old enough to remember when Sir John Dankworth was simply Johnny Dankworth, and quite simply one of the finest jazz musicians Great Britain has ever produced. Johnny became Sir John in 2006 when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, nine years after his wife, the marvelous singer Cleo Laine, was made a ...

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Article: Dan's Den

Big Awards Day in Gotham

by Dan Morgenstern
August 25, 2009

It's been a while since we last met in my Den, so I thought I'd share a very special summer doubleheader with you.June 16 was a big jazz day in New York. It began in mid-afternoon at the Jazz Standard, with the 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards. Arriving not long after starting ...

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Article: Book Review

Living with Jazz: A Reader

by Joel Roberts
February 2, 2005

Dan Morgenstern Living With Jazz, A Reader Pantheon Books 736 pages ISBN: 037542072X Living With Jazz is an apt title for this long overdue first published collection of Dan Morgenstern's writings. The veteran scribe - a former Down Beat editor, current head of Rutgers University's respected Institute of ...

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Article: Book Review

Living With Jazz

by David Rickert
January 11, 2005

Dan Morgenstern Living With Jazz, A Reader Pantheon Books 736 pages ISBN: 037542072X Dan Morgenstern is the director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers, a former editor and contributor for Down Beat , and author of Jazz People , one of the finest histories of jazz ...