The Making of a Jazz Statesman
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Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet-playing star and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, has become an entity above and around the daily jazz world.
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There comes the moment in the career of many directors when they are compelled to tell the story of a great man in whose life they seem to see a glimmer of their own image.
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The intense motivations of a bizarre NBA superstar
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A previously unknown 1964 recording surfaces to supply us with another dazzling look at one of the greatest jazz bands to ever take a stage.
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Legal debate and lyricism in âMargaret Garner,â an opera imbued with gospel and spirituals.
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Mr. Cook was a veteran British music journalist and the author of several acclaimed books on jazz.
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In this big-screen bio of Ray Charles, Jamie Foxx masterfully assumes his role as the beloved American music pioneer. The line between comic-turned-actor Foxx and singer-pianist Charles -- who
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Playbill - Those who only know Cy Coleman as a Tony Award-winning composer of The Life, The Will Rogers Follies, Little Me, Sweet Charity and City of Angels can catch a rare glimpse of the pre-Broadway Coleman when he returns to his jazz-piano roots Oct. 12-23 for a gig at Feinstein's at the Regency.
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John Abraham is trying to essay a wide variety of roles.
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It will be a long time before a new Palestinian leader commands the public admiration and political power that Yasser Arafat did. This power enabled him to make concessions that no previous Palestinian leader would have considered.
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Mr. Melly was a jazz and blues singer who was also an expert on Surrealism, an author, a raconteur and a cultural critic.
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Expanding its Monday-night residency to a full headlining engagement, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is toasting its own legacy.
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Herbie Hancock offers an intimate reinvention of Joni Mitchell in his new tribute album.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center kicked off its season with a centennial salute to Benny "The King" Carter, whose prowess as an alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader earned him the title of "the Renaissance man of jazz."
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The Sporting News - A drum roll please -- wait, make that a jazz saxophone riff -- for the new leader of the Power Poll ... the New Orleans Hornets.
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An interview with the master filmmaker about his new films.
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Q: As a long-time fan of Nat King Cole I recently attended Actors' Summit's production of a show centered on many of his hit recordings. It was mentioned during this program that he was the first African-American to have his own network show.