Billy Strayhorn

Jazz review: Daniel Rosenboom Septet, Slumgum at Royal/T

2011-12-08 16:32:56

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Jay-Z: The next Frank Sinatra?

2009-12-31 16:34:18

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The critics: 5 new titles worth checking out

2009-10-04 00:00:00

CRITICISM IN AMERICAN CULTURE: New releases Here are five titles that put the lie to the notion that criticism is a dying art. Corn Flakes With John Lennon And Other Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life Robert Hilburn Rodale: 280 pp., $24.99 Hilburn,...

Obama's gospel mistake

2007-10-31 00:00:00

Politics have provided gay Americans like myself with no end of schadenfreude in recent years, what with the antics of Mark Foley, Larry Craig and other I'm-not-gay Republicans. But last weekend, a competing Democratic farce debuted: Barack Obama's...

Louie Bellson dies at 84; Duke Ellington called him 'the world's greatest drummer'

2009-02-17 00:00:00

Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with far-ranging compositional skills, has died. He was 84. According to his wife, Francine, Bellson died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...

Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl

2008-07-11 00:00:00

Wynton Marsalis describes the big jazz band as "the American orchestra." It's an intriguing and, in many ways, definitive identification of the instrumental collective that has been a foundation ensemble of American jazz and popular music for more than 80...

Datebook

2012-05-04 00:00:00

Sunday, May 6 Lecture The Columbia Jewish Congregation Adult Education Committee presents Dr. Carolivia Herron speaking on "Out of Africa: Jewish Stories From Ethiopia And Zimbabwe" at 9:30 a.m. at Oakland Mills High School, 9410 Kilimanjaro Road in...

Plenty of sparks at new cabaret at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks

2011-11-30 16:23:07

SteelStacks' ArtsQuest Center to add cabaret to cafe

2011-11-08 16:23:00

For the love of music

2011-05-31 15:47:00

Some of you may find this to be the dumbest complaint you have ever not cared about.� It’s one of those very personal things. For example, when Hines Ward won “DWTS,” by pretending to be “in the band,” he helped to make up...

New Orleans Black Chorale's Black History Concert Feb. 28 @ Dillard

2010-02-04 00:00:00

The New Orleans Black Chorale will present its annual Black History Concert on Sunday February 28, 2010 at 5:00 pm at Dillard University's Lawless Memorial Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. With the Theme "I Wouldn't Take Nothin' for My...

Key recordings by Lena Horne

2010-05-10 05:51:00

"Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958)" (Bluebird). The singer partners with Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw and others in definitive versions of "Stormy Weather," "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" and nearly two dozen more. " Lena Horne at Metro-...

Billy Strayhorn

2012-07-03 11:40:00

Chances are you've never heard of Alyce Claerbaut. But if you've listened to jazz in Chicago during the last decade or so, you've likely benefited from her work -- significantly.

2011-12-20 00:00:00