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New Releases, Judy Garland Centennial & More Jazz Gemini Birthdays
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from guitarists Jocelyn Gould, Mary Halvorson and vocalists Jennifer Gammill and Shiri Zorn with birthday shoutouts to Judy Garland (100!) pianists Hazel Scott, Irene Higginbotham, Geri Allen and vocalist Lili Anel, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear on the show--see them live, buy (don't just stream) their music so they can continue to distract, provoke, comfort and inspire. Playlist Jocelyn Gould Gemini" from Golden Hour (Self Released) ...
read moreFeinstein's At Loews Regency Presents The Return Of Acclaimed Vocalist Rebecca Kilgore In Her New Show "The Jazzy Side Of Judy Garland" Featuring The Harry Allen Quartet
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Miller Wright & Associates
Rebecca Kilgore is one of America's leading song stylists intent on preserving the vocal jazz of the 30s and 40s, an era which she feels remains unsurpassed in its high quality songwriting and heartfelt lyrics. She regularly performs worldwide at jazz festivals, jazz parties, and on jazz cruises. She is a frequent guest on National Public Radio's Fresh Air" with terry Gross, has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion," and with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall. Kilgore has performed around ...
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Boston Pops Opening Night Features Linda Eder Singing Judy Garland, Wednesday, May 11
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops kick off the 2011 Spring Pops Season on Wednesday, May 11, with a gala Opening Night tribute to the music of Judy Garland featuring Broadway star Linda Eder. The concert, which is being repeated on May 12 and May 13, takes place at Boston Symphony Hall at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, one of the nation's great acoustic halls. Tickets to the shows range from $40$120 and can be ordered online. The Boston Pops is celebrating ...
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The Parallels Between Michael Jackson and Judy Garland Are Haunting
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All About Jazz
In the wake of Michael Jackson's death, I've found myself returning to the interview I did with Lorna Luft for my current book, The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us.
She spoke poignantly and honestly about her mother, Judy Garland. THE fame that came so early, the prescription drugs that also came early, and the people around her who cared more about her fame than her health. The parallels between Judy's life and Michael's are haunting.
Like Michael Jackson, Judy Garland ...
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Anne Hathaway to Play Judy Garland on Broadway - Film
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All About Jazz
Anne Hathaway will go over the rainbow for the Weinstein Co. The Oscar-nominated actress is set to play Judy Garland in both film and stage adaptations of Gerald Clarkes 2000 biography, Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland.
The project, which has not yet signed a writer or director, will be based on Gerald Clarke's biography of the same name, which TWC recently optioned. Clarke draws on numerous real-life sources to tell the life story of Garland, who began singing ...
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