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  • Actress follows 'Funny' legacy
    Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:53:34 GMT

    "The sets and costumes are very good."

    One familiar song in the Theatre Company production of Funny Girl is I'm the Greatest Star. via The Bryan-College Station Eagle

  • Chris Brown feat T-Pain
    Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:30:25 GMT

    Clifford Brown's death in a car accident at the age of 25 was one of the great tragedies in jazz history. via Q102.com

  • Scofield jazzed about Yoshi's gig
    Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:55:06 GMT

    "I had a phase for a couple of years where I wanted to be a blues guy."

    John Scofield sits in his hotel room in Campbell, just a few hours before taking the stage with innovative jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood at nearby Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, but his thoughts drift from ... via Contra Costa Times

  • Hynes Shines as St. Clairsville Remains Unbeaten
    Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:38:03 GMT

    Posted Saturday, October 6, 2007 ; 11:45 PM Updated Sunday, October 7, 2007 ; 12:36 AM The senior scored three touchdowns against Steubenville Central. via WVNS-TV Ghent

  • Top act offering hot jazz
    Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:02:34 GMT

    A JAZZ concert featuring the Sammy Rimington International Band takes place at Hanley Castle High School on Friday, October 12. via This is Malvern

  • Mississippi Church Uses Secular Music as Outreach Ministry
    Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:06:55 GMT

    "How do we give something to the community, offer something to the community other than just our traditional, formal worship style?"

    The Thelonious Monk tune carried a hard drum beat: tap, tap, ting, bang, and then a round of applause. via MyFOX Atlanta

  • James Lovell still has the right stuff
    Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:27:40 GMT

    "So I went to (Donald) Rumsfeld, and he said, 'Is he dead yet?' And I said, 'no,' and he said, 'I only name things after people who've died.'"

    Gary Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band were rocking Ross Field Friday afternoon with songs that were on the radio during the years of the Apollo program, including Stevie Wonder's "Uptight " and Joe Cocker's "Feelin' ... via News Sun

  • Farewell to Sheriff Harry Lee begins
    Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:04:30 GMT

    "He was a man of his word. You didn't always have to like his word, but you had to respect him."

    WESTWEGO, La. -- Thousands of people paid their respects Friday to longtime Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee, the popular, controversial Chinese-American lawman whose flag-draped casket was escorted from a ... via KATC-TV Lafayette

  • Till Bronner: A Night In Berlin
    Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:24:51 GMT

    "Till Bronner - A Night in Berlin"

    Jazz that gets under your skin - and that's been captured for eternity. That's the quintessence of this virtually private gig held by jazz trumpeter and singer Till Bronner and his top-caliber musician friends ... via The Arts Channel

  • Underplaying to the Max
    Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:50:47 GMT

    "Flyin' Home"? But "A Celebration of Jazz & Joyce"

    UNDERPLAYED: Herbie Hancock couldn't out perform Michel Camilo's song for Joyce. via The Phoenix

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