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Flip Your Lid Over This Swingin’ Sampling of Slang From America’s Greatest Jazzmen
Billboard via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoJazzmen had their own lexicon, reflecting their takes on music, life, and fellow artists. The...
Good prevails when good people refuse to be silent. When we represent, my mom would say.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne of my mother’s greatest joys was to be complimented on the manners of her children. She awarded...
This celebrated historian has a long relationship with KC. She’ll return next month
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWhen Doris Kearns Goodwin heads to Unity Temple on the Plaza next month to promote her latest book,...
Food trucks, film and festival booths: Redding's Juneteenth jubilee opens Saturday
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Redding community group is hosting a Saturday night party for Juneteenth, the only U.S. holiday...
Opinion: For the greats of the jazz age, life on the road was perilous as well as glamorous
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoDuke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong created a template for what it means for a musician...
Louis Armstrong’s Serious Showmanship
The Wall Street Journal· 1 week agoESSAY Sophisticated artist or folk musician? Virtuoso or clown? The debate about Louis Armstrong raged in living rooms across mid-20th-century America....
History will repeat itself if candidates don’t confront Trump’s lies in Milwaukee debate
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIt was a decision he regretted for the rest of his life. Eighty-eight words from a speech delivered not far from where the first Republican presidential primary debate will be held Wednesday ...