ARTIE SHAW 1910-2004: Swing-era clarinetist made music on his ...
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Artie Shaw, the brilliant but temperamental clarinetist and bandleader, whose recording of &quot;Begin the Beguine&quot; made him a household name and epitomized the Big Band
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Bandleader Artie Shaw takes his bride, actress Ava Gardner, into his arms after their wedding in this Oct. 17, 1945 file photo at the Beverly Hills home of Judge StanleMosk who performed the ceremony.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a friend of the artist said on Monday. He was 82.
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LaVaughn Robinson was a tap-dance virtuoso on the big-band circuit in the 1940s and â50s who became a master teacher and a major force in tapâs revival.
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Jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed for his classic recordings of "Begin the Beguine" and "Lady Be Good" as well as turbulent marriages to movie stars Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will Curtis said.
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Howard Keel, who sang and danced to stardom in the heyday of MGM musicals, died Sunday of colon cancer at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 85.
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Composer Elmer Bernstein, 82, who died of undisclosed causes Aug. 18 at his home in Ojai, Calif., wrote music for more than 200 movies. He was responsible for the gritty trumpet-and-drums jazz score to &quot;The Man With the Golden Arm&quot; ...
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Georgia Gibbs, a versatile singer who starred on the popular show "Your Hit Parade" and reached the top of the charts in the 1950s with covers of songs by black artists, has died. She was 87.
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LOS ANGELES  - Anita O'Day, the last of the great jazz singers spawned by the swing era, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles. She was 87.
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Jazz artists are the latest to act as ambassadors of American culture.
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Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson dies aged 82, according to Canadian media reports.
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1931 &#151; Lefty Grove, winner of 31 games for the Philadelphia A's, was named the American League MVP.
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Oscar-winning motion picture composer Elmer Bernstein has died after a lengthy illness. He was 82. A spokesman says Mr. Bernstein died Wednesday at his Ojai, California home near Los Angeles.
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Ornette Coleman has always kept ahead of the curve, even as a teenager back in Fort Worth, Texas, when he'd play hot jazz licks on the saxophone and get a scolding from his church band leader.
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1932 &#151; Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his sixth pinch home run of the season, a major league record, in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
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A jury has awarded the ex-wife of the late jazz clarinetist and band leader Artie Shaw $1.42 million, which accounts for about half of his estate.
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Artie Shaw, the clarinetist and bandleader whose renditions of &quot;Frenesi,&quot; &quot;Begin the Beguine&quot; and &quot;Star Dust&quot; helped define America&#39;s swing era, died yesterday in Los Angeles after a long illness.