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News: Performance / Tour

Sheldon Concert Hall Producing Concerts in Downtown St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve

May 25, 2009

Continuing its recent trend of producing concerts in other locations, the Sheldon Concert Hall organization is sponsoring two different concert series this summer: a set of free Thursday afternoon outdoor performances in downtown St. Louis during June, and a series of concerts at the historic Orris Theatre in Ste. Genevieve, MO. The downtown St. ...

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News: Recording

Miles Davis' 1970 Fillmore East Concert Available as Free Download

May 25, 2009

Attention Miles Davis fans: The Web site Big O has a free download of a 1970 Davis concert at the Fillmore East that has never been commercially released.It features two sets from shows that Davis opened for singer/guitarist Neil Young (!) on March 6, 1970, after the initial release of the album Live/Evil but ...

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News: Interview

Jim Goodwin

May 25, 2009

Sometime in the final decade of the last century (man, that's beginning to sound like a long time ago) I was on assignment in Portland, Oregon, and dropped into the restaurant of the elegant Heathman Hotel to hear pianist Dave Frishberg and singer Rebecca Kilgore. A cornetist was sitting in with them that night. On the ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wallace Roney

May 25, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Wallace Roney's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Wallace RoneyAt a time when much of the Jazz world seems content to simply attempt to recreate the past, trumpeter/composer Wallace Roney follows the true Jazz tradition of utilizing the past to move forward... more ...

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News: Performance / Tour

David Benoit: All That Jazz and More

May 24, 2009

He combines his musical and personal interests as the music director of the Asia America Symphony Orchestra. It was not the kind of thing that happened to him very often -- at least not back then. Three decades ago, David Benoit was a Los Angeles jazz pianist in his 20s, with two albums on a small ...

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News: Award / Grant

Cannes 2009 Palme d'Or Goes to Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon'

May 24, 2009

Other top prizes are dominated by the French, including the grand prize, awarded to Jacques Audiard's A Prophet. The U.S.-made Inglourious Basterds manages an acting prize for Christoph Waltz. Reporting from Cannes, France -- It felt like “friends and family" night at the Festival de Cannes when the world's most prestigious film event handed out its ...

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News: Award / Grant

Buddy Miller Singer-Songwriter Nabbed Five Americana Music Noms

May 24, 2009

Singer-songwriter Buddy Miller leads all nominees for the eighth annual Americana Music Association awards. He got five nominations, including artist of the year and instrumentalist of the year. The 56-year-old Fairborn, Ohio, native and his wife, Julie Miller, are also up for album of the year for “Written in Chalk." The nominations were announced Wednesday for ...

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News: Obituary

Natalie Cole Loses Sister to Cancer

May 24, 2009

Cole had her kidney transplant surgery, while her sister was dying. Natalie Cole had successful surgery, but lost her older sister to cancer. While Natalie Cole was having a life saving kidney transplant surgery earlier this week, her older sister died, according to the New York Post. Carole Cookie Coles cause of death was not reported, ...

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News: Interview

Lionel Richie: Man of the World

May 24, 2009

The singer talks about his global tour and the U.S. leg to follow, his new album and even daughter Nicole. Lionel Richie was wrapping up the first leg of his European tour when we caught up to him in Paris. Then it was back to L.A. (where one of his children, Nicole Richie, lives with his ...

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News: Obituary

Roy Talbot Calypso Musician Dies at 94

May 24, 2009

Roy Talbot, the last surviving member of the original Talbot Brothers of Bermuda, one of the top calypso groups of the 1950s, died on May 15 in Paget, Bermuda. He was 94 and lived in Harris Bay. Mr. Talbot lent his voice to the Talbots distinctive blended harmonies and cut a striking figure onstage with his ...