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Gene Autry, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Four Tops and Dean Martin are to be honored with lifetime achievement awards at a Grammys ceremony in Los Angeles.
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A New York man who tried to look stupid by making spelling mistakes in more than 15 bank hold-up notes has been sentenced to up to 14 years in prison.
The fifth annual SFJazz Spring Season shines its spotlight on the music of saxophonists Stan Getz and Ornette Coleman.
The Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center is launching a two-piano series next month that will team a jazz legend with a rising star at each of its four concert
The Harlem Preservation Foundation will honor pianist and broadcaster Billy Taylor at its second annual Harlem Reunion Concert December 8 at Aaron Davis Hall.
Alto saxophonist Frank Morgan is a survivor -- three times over. First came drugs. Then came 35 years in and out of the California prison system. Then came a me
Traditional jazz bass player Pops Foster was born this day in 1892 in McCall, La. He worked with the best in jazz throughout his career, including Fate Marable, Kid Ory, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow and Earl Hines. Pops Foster died in 1969
On this day in 1939, the Glenn Miller orchestra began a summer season engagement at the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, N.Y. After that stay, the band broke attendance records wherever it went.
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.
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