Coleman, Hill take top jazz honors
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Ornette Coleman, who earlier this year became only the second jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, swept the top honors at the Jazz Awards 2007 on Thursday, winning in four categories, including musician of the year.
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Grant Hill scored 32 points, his most in 4 1/2 years, and Steve Francis had 33 points and 11 assists, both season highs, to lead the Magic over the Utah Jazz, 107-92, last night at Orlando, Fla. Mostly shooting jumpers over Andrei Kirilenko, usually a dependable defensive stopper, Hill shot 13 for 18 in his best offensive performance since scoring ...
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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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"You know it's been 43 years since the first and only time that a jazz artist got the album of the year award. I'd like to thank the academy for courageously breaking the mold this time. Â Herbie Hancock, on winning a Grammy Award for "River: The Joni Letters."
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The Utah Jazz had a little trouble getting to their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and few difficulties once they arrived. Deron Williams had 21 points and eight assists to help the Jazz beat the Timberwolves 109-83 Friday night, shaking off a weather-induced travel delay to win their third straight road game.
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Jazz artists are the latest to act as ambassadors of American culture.
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Five-time American League batting champion Wade Boggs and nine-time National League Gold Glove award winner Ryne Sandberg received baseball's highest honor on Tuesday, as both were elected into the Hall of Fame.
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Two popular rap acts occupied the  top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the  Game's "Doctor's Advocate" coming in at No. 1.
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Matt Harpring scored 19 points, Raja Bell had 14 of his 16 in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-94 Monday night for just their fourth win in 18 games.
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When jazz iconoclast Ornette Coleman  records a new album, it's a newsworthy event. That's certainly  the case with the "Sound Grammar," the 76-year-old alto  saxophonist's first disc in more than a decade and arguably his  most accessible.
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Orlando's Grant Hill continues his remarkable comeback from numerous injuries and is named a starter in the All-Star game for the first time since 2001.
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Playbill - Cy Coleman, the Tony Award-winning Broadway composer who rose from child classical pianist to jazz player to master of the catchy show tune, died Nov. 18 of a heart attack, according to friends and colleagues in the theatre community.
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Carlos Boozer scored 22 points, Deron Williams had a season-high 20 assists and newly acquired Kyle Korver made five free throws in the final 27 seconds against his former team to help the Utah Jazz hold off the Philadelphia 76ers 110-107 on Wednesday night.
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Six weeks ago, the rookie Erik Coleman hoped to make the Jets&#39; roster on special teams. After a 34-28 victory over the Chargers on Sunday, the Jets are undefeated, and Coleman, now a starting safety, is a big reason.
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Rashard Lewis scored 36 points, barely missing a season high, and Antonio Daniels added 24 points and eight assists, leading the Seattle SuperSonics to a 122-105 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night.
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Deron Williams had 18 points and 13 assists, and six of his teammates also scored in double figures as the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-93 on Monday.
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At the Jazz Standard on Wednesday, Jason Moran made a point of playing music by Thelonious Monk, Andrew Hill and Jaki Byard, the pianistic troika at the heart of his style.