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Barack Obama reveals 2023 summer playlist
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe former president’s annual summer playlist includes songs from Drake, Ice Spice, Janet Jackson and John Coltrane. President Barack Obama […] The post...
How 3 shades of jazz swirled together in 1959 to make 'Kind of Blue'
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJames Kaplan's triple biography weaves together '3 Shades of Blue' in the backstories of Miles...
‘3 Shades of Blue’ Review: Miles Davis and Friends
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF “I was the one,” wrote James Brown in his autobiography, “who made the dark-complexioned people popular.” That is a bit of an overstatement,...
Upcoming book "Have Horn, Will Travel" recounts life of Pensacola jazz man Junior Cook
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months ago"He was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, formed on the road, and molded in New York. Junior...
The push to commemorate the night Bessie Smith cussed and chased the KKK out of Concord
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBy the summer of 1927, Bessie Smith, the “Empress of the Blues” herself, was enjoying a high-riding...
David Crosby loved to battle: with bandmates, with strangers. His music backed up all the talk
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCrosby, who died on Wednesday, defined the contradictions of his era: He was voice of his...
‘The Locket’ is young adult fantasy | Book Talk
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA sensitive, psychic teenager is the narrator of “The Tales of Alexandria Stecklar: The Locket,” a debut young adult fantasy by Munroe Falls resident...
Erykah Badu Talks Her History With Late Jazz/ R&B Great Roy Hargrove, Whose Documentary She...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoErykah Badu, executive producer of the forthcoming documentary about late jazz and R&B trumpeter Roy...
From Cracker to Hagrid, larger-than-life Robbie Coltrane dominated the screen
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoPerhaps best known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in eight Harry Potter films, Robbie Coltrane OBE...
Don Cheadle’s approach: What would Miles do?
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON – The ghost of Miles Davis has been haunting Don Cheadle for almost 20 years. But the actor – who learned to play the trumpet for his starring role in the new biopic "Miles Ahead" ...
