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• ‘The Great Gatsby’ soundtrack and the rich history of the rock star composer

  
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  Much has been made of Jay-Z’s involvement with Baz Lurhmann’s epic adaptation of The Great Gatsby. The music mogul has
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• BENNY, BUDDY, BUCKY, JIMMY, JACK, MERV

  
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  Don Robertson pointed out this video on Facebook: perhaps it is new to you, as it was to me. Nothing complicated: Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich playing together for the first time in thirty years, with Jimmy Rowles, piano; Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar; Jack Six, string bass — on the Merv Griffin Show in 1979.  The ...
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• Friday Open Thread

  
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  Garfield and Roosevelt High School jazz bands are once again competing at the Essentially Ellington Festival in NYC.  This year they are webcasting the performances so you can see them for yourself.  Heres a link to SPS with the details.  Roosevelt came in second last year.  Good luck to all the performers and ...
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• Saul Bass title sequences: ten of the best

  
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  Saul Bass was the master of the title sequence, working on such films as Anatomy of a Murder, North by Northwest and Goodfellas. Heres ten of his finest Saul Bass trained as a graphic designer, and was commissioned by director Otto Preminger to put together a poster for his 1954 opera/musical Carmen Jones . ...
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• Bobby Sanabria & The MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra On The Second Line

  
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  There’s no doubt that the modern jazz world is completely fragmented into any number of different styles and approaches, but an authentic approach in jazz definitely involves a connection to the music’s roots.  Whether an artist decides to integrate rhythms from Cuba or Brazil, add rock aesthetics to the groove, ...
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• Revisiting The Final Countdown!!! (Part 1)

  
  DynastyFootballFan.com - Fantasy Football Analysis 365 Days a Year! — Authority: 148
  DFW contributor Wesley Wood looks back at his PRE-draft rookie rankings and gives us his revisions based on the NFL draft results...
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• Minnesota Timberwolves: Flip Saunders in, David Kahn out as team president

  
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  On Thursday night, Flip Saunders confirmed that he has signed a long-term contract  to become the president of basketball operations  for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Saunders will also hold a minority ownership stake in the team. Saunders spent 10 seasons as the head coach of the Timberwolves from 1995-2004. ...
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• Minnesota Timberwolves: Flip Saunders in, David Kahn out as team president

  
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  On Thursday night, Flip Saunders confirmed that he has signed a long-term contract to become the president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Saunders will also hold a minority ownership stake in the team. Saunders spent 10 seasons as the head coach of the Timberwolves from 1995-2004. He led ...
  2 weeks ago

• Where’s the Hodges – Carney Monument in Boston?

  
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  Please join the musical flashbacks and live radio gab on WGBH today: Thursday, May 2 at 1 p.m. on Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Egan. Questions for listeners might start with: Did any greater artists emerge from our town in the 20th Century than the musicians I’m nominating here? The singer, ...
  2 weeks ago

• International Jazz Day: Recalling Jazz Legends

  
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  The Toonari Post - News, Powered by the People! For jazz lovers, jazz musicians and jazz musician lovers, April 30 was declared “The international jazz day. “     Jazz music has been bringing people together in harmony for more than a century, starting with the “Blue Note” that served as a relief from ...
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• BOUNCING BUOYANCY at THE EAR INN: MATT MUNISTERI, DANNY TOBIAS, DAN BLOCK, NEAL MINER (April 14, 2013)

  
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  My title comes from a late-Thirties Ellington composition and recording, referring to his definition of swing.  What the Maestro described, the EarRegulars embody every Sunday night (8-11 PM, loosely) at The Ear Inn, 326 Spring Street, Soho, New York. Here’s some buoyant music from the April 14, 2013 session. The ...
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• Duke Ellington’s Film Debut

  
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  (The following is a guest post from Mike Mashon, head of the Moving Image Section in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.) The Washingtonians, ca. 1925. Photo by Steven Lasker. One of the great joys of working with the Library of Congress film and video collections is learning more ...
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• Monday Madeleines – The Sweetest Thing

  
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  Who doesn’t like sweets? Cake, chocolate and candy are favorites, no doubt. This week we look at some sweet things: sugary modern art, extreme dessert combos and interesting uses for cake and chocolate. And by the way, a birthday shout out to the late Duke Ellington, who would have turned 114 today. Modern Art ...
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• Stagolee: A Digital Compendium - "They give him the road..." The 1920s

  
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  Cruel Old Stagger Lee - Van Arno, oil on canvas This is Chapter 4 of Stagolee: A Digital Compendium, a work in progress.  See also Chapter 1 , Chapter 2 , Chapter 3 , and Chapter 5 (Part 1) Introduction Our online compendium celebrating the great American folk song and tale ...
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• An Enlightening Ellington Afternoon with Wynton Marsalis and the JALCO

  
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  The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s performance of Duke Ellington classics from 1930 through 1971 yesterday at JALC’s Rose Theatre was like being invited to the meeting of a secret society all too eager to let you in on the biggest secret of all. Anybody who dismisses the later Ellington needs to see this ...
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• ANATOMY OF A MURDER by Duke Ellington

  
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  The reviewer at the All Music web site opines that premiere genius Duke Ellington rose to the occasion when he had the chance to compose a full movie score for Otto Premingers film " Anatomy of a Murder". This was not a case of saying that Ellington sustains his brilliance as a composer solely already established ...
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• What Could Be… If NFL GMs Thought Like Us

  
  DynastyFootballFan.com - Fantasy Football Analysis 365 Days a Year! — Authority: 148
  A mock draft by Sal Conti (@SC2Sports) and Brian Luzier (@TheFFBoss) takes a look at what would happen if NFL GMs cared about what we do, fantasy football.
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• Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (ANW): One Metric To Keep An Eye On

  
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  Is Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW ) a healthy stock for your portfolio? Hedge funds are betting on the stock. The number of bullish hedge fund positions advanced by 1 in recent months. According to most investors, hedge funds are perceived as slow, outdated financial tools of the past. While there ...
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• 2013 NFL Draft Positional Rankings

  
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  **Disclaimer** If a player is not in my rankings it likely means I didn’t have time to watch him. Enjoy. Quarterback: 1-      Geno Smith, WVU 2-      Tyler Wilson, Arkansas 3-      Ryan Nassib, Syracuse 4-      Zac Dysert, Miami (OH) 5-      EJ Manuel, Florida State 6-      Matt ...
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• Happy Birthday: Ella Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996)

  
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  I know. Ella was born on April 25th but I won’t be home tomorrow night to post a Happy Birthday greeting on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of her birth. Widely regarded as the “Queen of Jazz” and the “First Lady of Song”, Ella Fitzgerald is very likely the first name that comes to mind when you ...
  3 weeks ago

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