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News: 13 April 2008
New
Orleans Jazzfest 2008 Attracts Deep Talent Pool
Reduced from seven days to six following Hurricane
Katrina, top headliners Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, Tim McGraw
and Keyshia Cole join New Orleans Jazzfest veterans Jimmy Buffett,
Santana, Randy Newman, and Al Green, along with the
hundreds of Louisiana acts that draw thousands to the New Orleans
Fair Grounds every spring.
News
Aretha Franklin Honored
as 2008 Musicares® Person of the Year
The all-star event celebrates
the legendary singer's musical achievements and her philanthropic
commitments to children's and healthcare organizations in the Detroit
metropolitan area.
News
Oscar Peterson: 1925 -
2007
The recipient of hundreds of awards and prizes, the
Canadian jazz pianist and composer recorded almost 200 albums and was
often compared to piano virtuoso Art Tatum.
News
Louis Armstrong
& Little Rock: What Really Happened
Exhibition and interview
with former newspaper reporter Larry Lubenow promises to reveal new
information about Louis Armstrong's response to the Little Rock Nine
crisis in 1957.
Interview
Keith Jarrett: Zen in the Art of
Jazz
With a tour of Japan coming up in April and May,
world-renowned jazz pianist Keith Jarrett talks to culture journalist C.
B. Liddell in Tokyo about his music.
Comment
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Jazznet Archives: Special Feature
Sons of Miles
A 41-part series featuring personal
reminiscences and interviews of Miles Davis and the leading jazz, rock and
pop musicians he influenced during his long career, by Mike
Zwerin, one of Miles' early sidemen.
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