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Eden Brent: A Jazz Queen With a Case of the Blues

spinner.com Jazz grew out of the blues some time in the late 19th or early 20th century in and around New Orleans. While the two styles grew apart as each developed its own lexicon, there's no mistaking the fact that the they … view details ,

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Satchmo’s Story, Music Substituting for Words

nytimes.com During the epilogue of “Louis,” an energetic but muddled new silent film that played at the Apollo Theater on Monday night, a wide-eyed Louis Armstrong arrives at the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys, confronted for … view details ,

Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Chet Baker, More Get Reissue Treatment from Concord

pastemagazine.com Concord Music Group will reissue Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, Miles Davis’ (feat. Sonny Rollins) Dig, Wes Montgomery’s Boss Guitar, Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen to You and Bill Evans … view details ,

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Seattle’s Alt-Rock Hub, Purring With Jazz

nytimes.com THE atmosphere at Cafe Racer, a coffeehouse and bar in the University District here, skews distinctly postgrunge, with its scuffed floor and mismatched furniture, its thrift-store paintings on boldly colored walls … view details

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The Heavy Perform Live on the Interface

spinner.com For many people, their first introduction to the Heavy's music was the image of several stuffed animals living it up to the British neo-soul band's ultra-funky 'How You Like Me Now?' in a Kia Sorrento Super Bowl … view details ,

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Pritzker's 1st is silent film with live music

news.yahoo.com Dan Pritzker has spent more than 15 years and millions of dollars trying to bring the story of a jazz singer of whom little is known to the big screen. Then he decided to release another movie first. And not just … view details ,

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