AL JARREAU AND GEORGE BENSON IN CONCERT IN PARIS
Singer /guitarist George Benson (R) reacts to the crowd before a performance at Le Zenith in Paris on July 2, 2007. Benson is teaming up with singer Al Jarreau to promote their "Givin' It Up" album. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
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Today is Monday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2004 with 284 to follow.
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CLEVELAND, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Greater Cleveland's Tri-C Jazz Festival will honor bop pianist Horace Silver and native son Tommy LiPuma at its 25th anniversary run next April.
NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Singer k.d. lang and Ivy League crooner Peter Cincotti open the granddaddy of American jazz festivals -- the JVC Newport Jazz Festival -- Friday night.
NEW YORK, June 6 (UPI) -- Guitar legend Les Paul will celebrate his 88th birthday Monday night at his long-time Big Apple musical home, the Iridium jazz club.
Coldplay will kick off the second leg of its 2003 North American tour Tuesday in Edmonton, Alberta.
Electric violinist Michael White was born this day in 1933 in Houston. He came into the jazz spotlight in 1965 at the Monterey Jazz Festival as a member of saxophonist John Handy's quintet.
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Thousands of New York City firefighters will gather for a "Concert to Save Firehouses" Monday, just three days before Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. George Pataki push through their plan to cut back on the front line of Homeland Security forces by shutt
Clarinetist and bandleader Woody Herman was born this day in 1913 in Milwaukee. He became a bandleader in 1936, and for 50 years led a succession of "Herds" across the country and around the world.
The weekly UPI Today in Music package for March 22-28.
