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News: Performance / Tour

It's How You Play the Game

April 11, 2010

Two scenes from contemporary life in and around jazz, April 9 and 10, 2010: Last night I made a pilgrimage to the Knickerbocker Bar and Grill on University Place in New York City to hear the remarkable banjoist / singer Cynthia Sayer and the noble pianist Mark Shane. The two large rooms that house the Knickerbocker were crowded, although I ...

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News: Obituary

Hollywood Mourns Passing of the Oldest Munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz"

April 11, 2010

Hollywood said goodbye on Saturday to Meinhardt Raabe, one of the original Munchkins in the “Wizard of Oz." Flowers were placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for the Munchkins, according to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Raabe, 94, was considered the oldest living Munchkin and died Friday in Florida. Raabe was on hand with ...

News: Obituary

'Designing Women' Actress Dixie Carter Dies at 70

April 11, 2010

Dixie Carter, best known for her role on “Designing Women" died Saturday at 70. Publicist Steve Rohr, who represented Carter as well as her husband actor Hal Halbrook, would not disclose where she died or the cause of death. “This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook said in a written statement. “We would ...

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News: TV / Film

Lagging Libraries Shift Hollywood Mindset

April 11, 2010

How fitting that when “Alice in Wonderland" is the top draw so far at the box office this year, Hollywood itself is starting to feel as if it's fallen down a rabbit hole. The industry is waking up to a topsy-turvy world where everything it's gotten used to for decades has again changed -- perhaps forever. ...

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News: TV / Film

Subprime Goes Hollywood

April 11, 2010

The Wall Street wizards who gave you credit default swaps want to turn the movie industry into their next casino. If you thought the mortgage-backed securities and other complex financial instruments that crashed the economy were risky, you'll love Wall Street's latest brainwave: a new financial market in which players can gamble on whether upcoming Hollywood ...

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News: Music Industry

Should the Beatles Have Worked It Out?

April 11, 2010

Looking back after 40 years, that seems like a ridiculously short lifespan for a band as important as the Beatles, who were, from left, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. Seven years and seven months. That's how long the world officially knew the Beatles as a recording act, spanning from the date they ...

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News: Video / DVD

Saturday Eye Candy: Bunny Wailer of the Wailers

April 11, 2010

PRAISE JAH, IT'S BUNNY'S BIRTHDAY! Though overshadowed by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh in the original Wailers, Bunny Wailer is a rasta gold to any reggae enthusiast, a true living legend that's shaped and defined the genre for over 40 years. Bunny turns 63 today and we feel blessed to have him still spreading sweet music ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jakob Bro

April 11, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jakob Bro's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jakob BroThe young guitarist Jakob Bro has not only made an impression on the Danish jazz scene; as part of the group led by legendary drummer Paul Motian, Bro also performs with many top American ...

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News: Recording

"SGT. Pepper's," "Rubber Soul" Remasters Due in Sept.

April 11, 2010

On September 9, 2009, after a nearly 22-year wait, digitally remastered versions of all of the Beatles studio albums will be released. Each album will feature the track listings and artwork as it was originally released in the U.K. and come with expanded booklets including original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a ...

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News: Obituary

Raabe, Munchkin Coroner in 'Wizard of Oz,' Dies

April 10, 2010

Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in “The Wizard of Oz" and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was “really most sincerely dead," has died. He was 94. His caregiver, Cindy Bosnyak, said Raabe died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, Fla. He was one of the few ...