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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Fly - Sky & Country" Giveaway!

July 1, 2009

Curt Lutz, Mike Baggetta, Adam Nussbaum, Keith James and Barbara Salter Nelson, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the ECM Records “FLY - Sky & Country“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit ECM Records for more jazz releases. ...

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News: Obituary

Harve Presnell Commanding Baritone in Broadway Musicals Dies

July 1, 2009

Best known for his stage roles in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' and 'Annie,' he also appeared on television shows and in films. Harve Presnell, the commanding baritone who starred in such Broadway musicals as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and “Annie," died of pancreatic cancer Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, according to his ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tony Bennett Never Left Astoria Behind

July 1, 2009

Tony Bennett sings about leaving his heart in San Francisco. But when he talks, it seems to have remained in Astoria, the western Queens neighborhood where he grew up. “The finest place to live", Mr. Bennett, 82, said as he showed a reporter his favorite haunts. “Ive been all over the world Paris and Florence and ...

News: Recording

Levon Helm's 'Electric Dirt'

July 1, 2009

If there's one thing a good drummer knows it's the power of a groove, and Helm, one of rock's greatest with the sticks, has them in spades on Electric Dirt, his second album since recovering from throat cancer. Helm's upped the rock energy quotient here, taking him even closer to that timeless Americana sound he and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at the Bowl: Fantasy Becomes Reality

July 1, 2009

The stairway to classic-rock heaven extended straight into the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night as '60s British rock heroes Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood closed their all-too-quick 14-city, three-week U.S. tour with a nearly 2 -hour excursion through the music they created, individually and collectively, three and four decades ago. Even without considering any of the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Stevie Wonder Ignites Montreal Jazz Festival

July 1, 2009

Stevie Wonder Ignites Montreal Jazz Festival With Classic Grooves, Salutes to Michael Jackson If there was an unseen presence at Stevie Wonders free outdoor show at the Montreal International Jazz Festival last night, it was that of a fellow Motown child star. Wonder was brought in to launch the festivals 30th anniversary with a bang. But ...

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News: Obituary

Michael Jackson Will Not Be Buried at Neverland Ranch

July 1, 2009

Funeral arrangements for Michael Jackson are still in flux, but one thing is clear: The pop icon will not be buried at Neverland Ranch. Jacksons family wanted him interred at the Santa Barbara County estate, the site of some of the happiest and saddest times in his life, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had agreed to help ...

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News: Obituary

Fayette Pinkney Soulful Singer with the Three Degrees Passes

July 1, 2009

Fayette Pinkney, an original member of the Three Degrees who lent her strong, soulful voice to the 1970s hits “When Will I See You Again?" and “T.S.O.P." (The Sound of Philadelphia), the theme song of the television show Soul Train, died Saturday in Lansdale, Pa. She was 61. The death was confirmed by Abington Health Lansdale ...

News: Performance / Tour

Reptet Announce Canadian (BC) Tour

July 1, 2009

REPTET CANADIAN (BC) TOUR July/August 2009 This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks - occasionally, it even talks. Mostly, it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth. - Jazziz Magazine Reptet is one of the most exciting bands to emerge from Seattles new music scene. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Kate Baker and John Dukich Perform at Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center

July 1, 2009

Two grand nights for singing in July! Kate Baker Salutes Female Legends of Music, John Dukich Performs the Music of Great Male Vocalists OSPAC (Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center) presents two consecutive Thursday evenings of popular song, as internationally renowned vocalist and recording artist KATE BAKER performs a Salute to the Female Legends of Music (Carole ...