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News: Performance / Tour

Elton John and Billy Joel in Concert

March 30, 2009

Saturday night's alright for the piano men, who gave fans a three- hour show full of hits. Partnerships between pop superstars usually deliver less than the sum of their talents. Nostalgia isn't always enough, but a surprising collaboration between Elton John and Billy Joel, who play nothing more than their best-known hits from the '70s and ...

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News: TV / Film

Library of Congress Jazz Film Series

March 30, 2009

FILM SERIES Jazz in the Spring at the Nations Library Jazz Film Series curated by Larry Appelbaum, Music Division, Library of Congress. Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm in the Mary Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building. All programs are free (no tickets required), but seating is limited to 60 seats. Reservations may be ...

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News: Event

Tonight: Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman in Conversation at USC

March 30, 2009

One of the coolest things about L.A.'s pop life is the presence of everyday demigods, everywhere. So many key contributors to contemporary music's canon hang out at the local Coffee Bean or have their kids in your preschool. Count Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman among my favorites -- goddesses with no pretense and unflagging energy. Best ...

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News: Performance / Tour

David Halliday Band Featuring Angela Bingham at Jeanne Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City

March 30, 2009

David Halliday is known as one of the finest saxophonists in the Mountain West and has performed in virtually every venue the area has to offer. Halliday makes his long overdue headlining concert debut at the Jeanne Wagner Theatre on May 2 at 7:30pm with a quartet comprised of Utah's finest jazz musicians: Dan Waldis on ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Billy Bang and Yusef Komunyakaa at Harlem Stage

March 30, 2009

The Harlem Stage Gatehouse is the intimate setting for this emotionally charged work that combines the exceptional talents of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa with the cutting edge sounds of jazz violinist Billy Bang. Coming from seemingly disparate backgrounds — Komunyakaa raised in Louisiana; Billy Bang reared in the Bronx — the two share a common ...

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News: Recording

Otis Taylor's 'Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs' Due out June 23

March 30, 2009

No one ever accused blues singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Otis Taylor of overindulging in the happier aspects of the human condition. His songs are often peopled with characters whose emotional landscapeno matter how raw or dark is laid bare for all to experience, and the story is often less than pretty. But if love in any or all of ...

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News: Obituary

Maurice Jarre, Composer for 'Lawrence of Arabia,' Dies

March 30, 2009

Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre, who captured the majesty of the desert in his music for Lawrence of Arabia and wrote the haunting “Lara's Theme" in his score for Doctor Zhivago, has died. He was 84. Jarre died over the weekend in Los Angeles, where he had lived for decades, Bernard Miyet, a friend of the composer ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dave Allen Quartet - April 2nd at Tea Lounge, NYC

March 30, 2009

Dave Allen Quartet plays the Tea Lounge April 2nd With Noah Preminger - sax Dave Ambrosio - bass Dan Weiss - drums THE TEA LOUNGE 837 Union St, Brooklyn $5 suggested Allen has a fully developed and mature approach to composition, technical command of his instrument, and the ...

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News: Festival

Ultra Music Festival in Miami

March 30, 2009

The gathering brings out raucous revelers as well as electronica's elite as DJs share the limelight. “The DJ is the most important thing in music right now," will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas said in Miami on Saturday as the throb of the Ultra Music Festival vibrated the press tent around him. “In Europe, Australia, Brazil, ...

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News: Festival

Jazz Lineup in Montreal

March 30, 2009

The Montreal International Jazz Festival, one of the biggest such events in the world, will have a star-studded lineup for its July 1-12 run this year. The dozens of attractions will include Wynton Marsalis, Jeff Beck, Ornette Coleman, Jackson Browne, King Sunny Ad, Femi Kuti, Pink Martini, Madeleine Peyroux, Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, Joshua Redman, Patricia ...