Monterey jazz festival celebrates legacy
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Dave Brubeck has played the world's leading concert halls before audiences that have included presidents and kings. But no performance has had a longer lasting impact than the one he gave 50 years ago for city council members from a picturesque California coastal town once known as the Sardine Capital of the World and immortalized in John Steinbeck's "Cannery Road."
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Fans of the King from around the world are in Memphis, Tenn., honoring the 29th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death.
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Many Americans spent Monday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by recalling the civil rights icon's legacy nearly 40 years after his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.
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For the past six years, the New  York-based Jazz Foundation of America has presented its A Great  Night in Harlem benefit concert at New York&#39;s Apollo Theater.
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Dave Brubeck produces his defining artistic statement and The Maria Schneider Orchestra proves that big-band jazz is still relevant.
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Welsh diva Shirley Bassey, known for her resounding voice and James Bond theme songs, electrified the last-night crowd on Sunday at the world's biggest greenfield music and arts festival.
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Two camp counselors killed on a California beach were remembered Saturday for their strong Christian faith as family and friends gathered to honor the couple who had planned to marry.
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Influential rock bands The Doors  and the Grateful Dead will receive lifetime achievement Grammy  Awards next year, along with jazz saxophone player Ornette  Coleman and the late opera singer Maria Callas, organizers said  on Tuesday.
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Ronnie Scott's, a London jazz mecca on a par with the Village Vanguard and Blue Note clubs in New York, celebrated its 45th birthday with a special concert.
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MONTEREY, California  - A jazz giant for more than half a century, pianist Dave Brubeck has no intention of quietly passing his golden years at home relaxing with his wife, with whom he just celebrated his 65th anniversary.
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Politicians, war veterans and bereaved relatives Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands War amid a mixture of celebration and sombre reflection.
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Aficionados of the storied highway hope that the restoration of a famous stop for travelers will anchor a revival of motel culture and tourism.
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AUSTIN, July 14 -- Lady Bird Johnson was remembered Saturday for her unfailing kindness, thoughtfulness and even thriftiness as more than 1,000 people gathered at the edge of Texas Hill Country to pay their respects to the former first lady.
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The New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival will go on, say organizers, despite losses of &#36;800,000 to &#36;900,000 on this year's event.
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By Ed Marcum  It's a true sign of the times: Halls High School madrigal alumni are organizing a reunion/concert in a way that wouldn't have been possible several years ago.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards honored the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Monday and said his work paved the way for this year's precedent-shattering White House candidacies.
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The Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a tribute to its late founder, Gian Carlo Menotti, featuring concerts and an opera written by the Italian composer.