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Opinion: For the greats of the jazz age, life on the road was perilous as well as glamorous
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoDuke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong created a template for what it means for a musician...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoDuke Ellington (1899-1974) plays a piano during recording of the BBC television show 'Jazz 625' in London on 20th February 1964. Louis Armstrong performs...
‘This is my calling’: How this KC guitarist won a 3rd Grammy with renowned jazz group
Kansas City Star via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoBefore Will Matthews was a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, traveling the globe with the...
Tower Theatre has new life, live events, lounge open. Take a peek inside Fresno’s gem
Fresno Bee via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoNick Kennedy can judge the success of the Tower Theatre by the reactions he gets when he’s out in...
‘Her heritage was important to her.’ Miami preservationist, historian Enid Pinkney dead at 92
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week ago“She didn’t want to leave this earth until she fully let people know that we were important to...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Thinking of You
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThere are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve today's puzzle before reading further! Thinking of...
He died at just 35 in 1947. Now Josh Gibson is baseball's batting average champ
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoJosh Gibson, who died just three months before the league's colour barrier was broken, is now the...
Toad the Wet Sprocket Celebrate the Anniversary of Their Biggest Albums by Making Some Small Changes...
People via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThe '90s hitmakers are toasting to 30 years of 'Dulcinea' as they head out on the road again this...
Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoBurt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky...
Black cultural greats helped America realize segregation had to be left in the past | Opinion
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThis week’s 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s epoch-making Brown v. Board of Education ruling...