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Johnny Griffin, 80; tenor saxophonist known as the 'Little Giant'
Johnny Griffin, the tenor saxophonist known as the "Little Giant," whose big, rich sound and lightning speed made for a distinct musical signature during an era when bebop was king, has died. He was 80.
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Bands, temperatures generate heat at music festival in Tulsa
TULSA — The sun blazed over downtown Tulsa on Friday as organizers set up stages for the Dfest 2008 Music Conference and Festival. But fans, musicians and professionals stayed cool before the shows by networking and attending conferences at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and ramping up anticipation for performances later that evening by Paramore and Stillwater's The All-American Rejects. Now in its ...
The Oklahoman |
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OSU seeks arts high school
TULSA — Oklahoma State University is partnering with a Tulsa family that has a dream of a visual and performing arts high school open to students from across the state. OSU Regents on Friday agreed that OSU's College of Education can pursue sponsorship of the Oklahoma School for the Visual and Performing Arts. The residential school would be open to about 200 artistic and academically gifted ...
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Things to do today: July 26, 2008
JERRY FRYE and COUNTRY BOYS BAND: 7 p.m. Adults $6, children $3. Kanawha Valley Jamboree, 8902 MacCorkle Ave., Marmet. Call 545-2693.
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National And International Report / General Electric reorganizes into 4 major business units
General Electric Co., which owns businesses ranging from light bulbs to NBC television, on Friday said it will restructure into four businesses from six, a move Chief Executive Jeff Immelt said will focus the company on growth. Immelt has been under pressure to shake up GE since it shocked investors with disappointing first-quarter earnings. GE's share price has since dropped nearly 22 percent. ...
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Gulf Coast mall announces lineup for concert series
Gulf Coast Town Center has announced an exciting lineup for the Center's Weekend Concert Series.
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Von Trapp family member visits "Sound of Music' home
VIENNA, Austria — Seventy years after fleeing the Nazis, a woman whose family was immortalized in "The Sound of Music” has returned to Austria to visit her former home. "I'm back home again,” 93-year-old Maria von Trapp told reporters in Salzburg on Friday after spending several nights in her childhood house, which has been transformed into a hotel. Located in a posh part of Salzburg, the "Villa ...
The Oklahoman |
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Flipside: GW grad rules the school in Guild's production of 'Grease'
The curtain opens, and the timeless world of "Grease's" Rydell High appears. The school, as well as the Burger Palace and the homes of the Greasers set the stage for the classic musical.
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Singer's fans are true Bleu
After winning millions of teenage hearts portraying the nice-guy heartthrob, Chad, in Disney's "High School Musical" movies, Corbin Bleu proved to fans at Friday's DuPage County Fair in Wheaton that he is just as charming in real life.
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Another Friday Night Live success
A smattering of drops of rain fell on the Friday Night Live crowd in downtown Ludington, but it didn’t wipe smiles from hundreds of faces. “It’s another wonderful night and we’ve got a great crowd,” Mayor John Henderson said while music played at one of the Friday Night Live stages.
Ludington Daily News |
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Music in my blood, but I'm an actor: Neil Nitin Mukesh
Mumbai, July 26 : Neil Nitin Mukesh, who comes from a family of great playback singers, says music is in his blood but being an actor is his identity now.
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Fox Valley religion notes
Wesley United Methodist Church, 1070 South St. in Elgin, invites friends and neighbors to Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. On Sunday, special music, including virtuosic pieces by Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, will be performed by Aleksander Krukowski, an accomplished performer.
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NORTHWEST IOWA STAR
For May City native, Shawn Mayer, making the final four of NBC's "Nashville Star" guaranteed her the opportunity to perform an original song on national television and a chance to celebrate with over 3,000 of her closest friends with a concert on the streets of her hometown.
The Daily Reporter |
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Flipside: GW grad rules the school in Guilds production of Grease
The curtain opens, and the timeless world of "Greases" Rydell High appears. The school, as well as the Burger Palace and the homes of the Greasers set the stage for the classic musical. These are the places where the members of the Burger Palace ...
The Charleston Gazette |
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Grammy award winning band Steely Dan rocks the California Mid-State Fair
Thousands of fans packed the arena at the California Mid-State Fair Friday night to see Grammy award winning rock band Steely Dan.
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Director Brillante Mendoza in South Africa for Durban filmfest tilt
Internationally-acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza is in Durban, South Africa for the Durban International Film Festival ongoing from July 24 to 29, 2008. Mendoza is there to field his “Foster Child” in competition and “Tirador” in the official selection.
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Songs between the hits make 'Jersey Boys' a musical wonder
By MARK LOWRY DALLAS — In the musical Jersey Boys , the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, performances of that group’s biggest hits — Big Girls Don’t Cry, Sherry, Walk Like a Man, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You — are the biggest crowd-pleasers. But what makes this show, the 2006 Best Musical Tony winner that opened in Dallas on Friday, really take off are the other songs. It makes for ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Britney Spears Nabs MTV Nom for "Piece of Me"
Will Britney Spears make a return to MTV's Video Music Awards in September? The music network has just announced that the well-on-her-way-to-a-comeback pop princess is a nominee for Best...
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Sightings: Reese Witherspoon, Posh and Ludacris
ROCK THE VOTE: Reese Witherspoon, bopping to the music of Kevin Costner and his band during their performance at the Hollywood premiere of Swing Vote. HOME RUN: Alex Rodriguez, having...
E! Online |
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Jessica Simpson to Design Dresses. Be Afraid
Next year, country music superstar Jessica Simpson will grace us with a dress line, which means now we can finally have an entire outfit—from shoes to handbag to jewelry—made up...
E! Online |
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SPOTLIGHT: NEW BEDFORD
A great place to spend time in the summer, New Bedford offers boating, sunning, shopping, music and festivals, making this city by the sea a SouthCoast hot spot.
The Standard-Times |
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'Jazz' a theatrical tribute to Bollywood's unsung musicians
New Delhi: 'Invented by the devil for the torture of the saints' - that is how playwright Ramu Ramanathan defines jazz in his play of the same name on the lives of Goan and Anglo-Indian musicians who never got their share of fame in Bollywood.
SiliconIndia |
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Stones Roll to Universal in New Deal
You can't always get what you want...unless you're "the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band." The Rolling Stones have left longtime label EMI, signing a deal...
E! Online |
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Pirates and pixies and pythons, oh my!
"The Wonderful World of Disney" (8 p.m., Saturday, TV-G) reaches back more than a half-century to present the 1953 animated musical adaptation of "Peter Pan." Faithful to the James M. Barrie tale about a flying boy who won't grow up, "Peter Pan" also...
The Standard-Times |
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Energy Bar: Fuel for a successful day
To-do list1 Start your day off with surf, sand and sun at the Bradford Beach Jam, a sports and reggae music festival featuring volleyball, soccer, rugby, dodgeball and other action.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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