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News: Music Industry

Adam 'MCA' Yauch of Beastie Boys Diagnosed with Cancer; Album, Tour Postponed

July 20, 2009

One of the years most anticipated album/tour campaigns has been pushed back indefinitely due to the shocking announcement from the Beastie Boys camp this morning that the one of their members has been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor. Adam 'MCA' Yauch of Beastie Boys was diagnosed last week as having a cancerous tumor in his left ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Pizza on the Park - Summer Songbook season

July 20, 2009

Enjoy a kaleidoscope of talent this summer at the Pizza on the Park! The music room is now selling tickets very fast as it resumes with a varied and international programme of talent, and a reduced ticket price of only 15 for both shows every evening - book quickly or you may find no seats left! ...

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News: Obituary

Beverly Roberts Singer with Dorsey Brothers Passes

July 20, 2009

Beverly Roberts, 95, who co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in the 1936 film “Two Against the World," died July 13 at her home in Laguna Niguel of natural causes, her second cousin Christina Baker said. Born May 19, 1914, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Roberts became a Warner Bros. contract player in 1935. She made her first film the ...

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News: Obituary

Dee Dee Bellson Singer, Daughter of Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson

July 20, 2009

Dee Dee Bellson, 49, the daughter of Broadway entertainer and singer Pearl Bailey and jazz drummer Louie Bellson who went on to craft her own singing career, died July 4 at her home in Charlottesville, Va., after a heart attack. Bailey and Louis Bellson married in London in 1952 and later adopted two children, Dee Dee ...

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News: Obituary

Gordon Waller 60's Pop Duo Peter and Gordon Dies

July 20, 2009

Gordon Waller of the pop duo Peter and Gordon, who were part of the 1960s British Invasion and had a string of hits including several written by their friend Paul McCartney, has died. He was 64. Waller died Friday at The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn., nursing supervisor Nity Oris confirmed Monday. The duo's ...

News: Event

Nelson Mandela Endows His Birthday Celebration with a Purpose

July 20, 2009

This year for the first time a Mandela Day concert was held in New York. It was a birthday party and fund-raiser for 46664, Mr. Mandelas AIDS organization. “Happy 91st, Mr. Mandela," Aretha Franklin announced at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night, celebrating Nelson Mandelas birthday. She was among the dozens of musicians at Mandela ...

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News: Recording

Tim Laughlin Plays New Orleans Classics

July 20, 2009

Tim Laughlin, a native son of New Orleans who has been called “among the best of this decade's younger clarinetists" by Jazz Times Magazine, is presented here by Inner City/Classic Jazz with Connie Jones on cornet, Rick Trolsen on trombone, and Tom Fischer on tenor sax. Together with a solid rhythm section they take on some ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #67: Arturo O'Farrill

July 20, 2009

Listen Pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Arturo O'Farrill won a Grammy for his 2008 recording “Song For Chico" (ZoHo, 2008), named for his father, composer/arranger Chico O'Farrill. In this wide-ranging interview, O'Farrill talks about the forgotten roots of jazz, the need to embrace hand-drumming, and how jazz can only move forward by learning about its past. ...

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News: Festival

Jazz Port Townsend Pulls out All the Stops

July 20, 2009

Jazz Port Townsend, Washingtons largest summer jazz festival turns the Victorian seaport and arts community of Port Townsend into the summer jazz getaway July this weekend. The festival, headlined by such internationally renowned musicians as Taylor Eigsti, Wycliffe Gordon, Ernie Andrews, Sarah Gazarek, Benny Green, and Ambrose Akinmusire, among others, features jazz in the clubs as ...

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News: Recording

Putumayo World Music Releases Another Gem

July 20, 2009

The magical African music collaboration 'Acoustic Africa', launched on CD by Putumayo World Music in 2006 before embarking on a mammoth 40-city US and European tour, reaches African shores for their dbut Southern African tour. Acoustic Africa features Malian superstar Habib Koite whose transcendent voice and guitar has captivated audiences globally with South Africa's powerhouse singer-songwriter ...