Jazz Guitarist George Benson Goes Hip-Hop
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Nearly 30 years after he burst into the pop mainstream with his smash hit "This Masquerade," singer-guitarist George Benson is reaching out to a new generation of fans with his first studio album in four years, and he has gone hip-hop.
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Police have issued a warrant for G-Unit&#39;s Young Buck in connection with the Monday night stabbing at the Vibe Awards, held in a Santa Monica, California, airport hangar.
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Jay-Z, the rap superstar and president of Def Jam Records, has quietly returned to the studio to record an album of new songs inspired by the forthcoming movie âAmerican Gangster,â his first âconceptâ album and second CD in less than a year.
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Look for Charles Mingus, fronting a  dazzling sextet, to climb the traditional-jazz chart this  summer.
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Fred Hersch qualifies as one of jazzâs most agile conversationalists, and this week he serves as a kind of pianistic Charlie Rose, performing at Jazz Standard with a sharp succession of guests.
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Rapper Snoop Dogg gets a hand from a host of high-profile stars on his upcoming studio album "R&G (Rhythm and Gangsta): The Masterpiece."
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New York -- Jay-Z, who has professed retirement from his rap career, now has a new job to occupy his time: president of the Def Jam record label.
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A hip-hop style helps bring a generation gap into full view.
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The Chicago-based rapper-producer and the King of Southern Fried Crunk tied with three trophies apiece to lead the way at Sunday night&#39;s Source Hip-Hop Music Awards.
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Marshaling hip hop's influence on young listeners, a city official and youth activist joined celebrities of the rap and mainstream entertainment worlds Wednesday in announcing a nationwide initiative to foster community service and curb gang violence.
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The late jazz artist Miles Davis is inducted onto Hollywood's RockWalk.
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Herbie Hancock offers an intimate reinvention of Joni Mitchell in his new tribute album.
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Kris Benson indicated Wednesday that he was close to signing a contract that would keep him in the Mets' starting rotation.
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Negotiations continue over a Bronx building, with tenants hoping to maintain its status under the Mitchell-Lama program. The hip-hop movement started in the building's community room in 1973.
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Hubert Sumlin, 76, is used to playing concerts like âHowlinâ for Hubert,â at the Jazz Standard through this weekend.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three albums that reached stores  ahead of schedule will lead the next Billboard 200 chart and  raise the profile of hip-hop and R&B.
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As Wednesdayâs performance at the Jazz Standard proved, the trio continues to mine the deeper subtleties of harmony and form.