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Gabriel Evan Orchestra: Global Entry
by Jack Bowers
At least one dictionary defines an orchestra as “a large instrumental ensemble...which combines instruments from different families including bowed string instruments...woodwinds...brass...percussion..." and “other instruments such as the piano, celeste...and harp..." Or, in the vernacular of New York-based saxophonist Gabriel Evan, a jazz sextet with some but not all of the above. Which is an around-the-block way of saying that Evan's “orchestra" lands somewhere short of the normal definition. And that's by no means the only anomaly on ...
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday I posted on a new box set from Fresh Sound featuring the complete recordings of Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings between 1951 and 1955. In the post, I wrote that in the late 1940s Ahmad played in a Pittsburgh group called the Four Strings that never recorded. The Four Strings folded after Joe Kennedy Jr., the quartet's violinist, left and Ahmad moved to Chicago. So who was Joe Kennedy Jr.? Bill Kirchner wrote me early this morning. Marc, Joe Kennedy ...
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Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy Exits, Stock up 20%
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Wall Street reacted positively to news that Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy is exiting after 10 years at the helm. Pandora also announced strong quarterly earnings of $125 million, improving ad sales, and a strong forecast for the next. The company lost $14.6 million last quarter, but the stock still jumped almost 20% in after hours trading. Kennedy will stay on until a successor is named. “As part of our Board discussions of the road that lies ahead, I reached the ...
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From: Global EntryBy Joe Kennedy
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