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My Top Ten Old New (Or Is It New Old?) Records of 2009

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Brendan Benson, Dave Champagne, Jim Fitting, Miles Davis, A.C. Newman, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Treat Her Right, Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Sandman, Carnegie Hall, Bing Crosby, Love, Scott LaFaro, Betty Davis, Morphine, Billy Conway, Death, Bob Dylan, Herb Alpert, The Disciplines, Arthur Lee, Paul Smith, Don Friedman, Bill Evans, Sly Stone, Pete LaRoca, Frank Sinatra, Clive Davis, Lani Hall, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Most of the "new" music I've gotten into this year is actually old music that's never been heard before, dredged up from the vaults just in time to make a buck before recorded music ceases to have any monetary value whatsoever.

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A Holiday Focus on Inspirational Musician Tim Janis

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Michael Jackson, Music, Mayo Clinic, Christmas, York Maine, Lisa Fischer, Nuns, Columbia Presbyterian, James Earl Jones, Church World Services, Barbara Bush, Maya Angelou, Carnegie Hall, Tim Janis Ensemble, Czech Republic, Music That Heals, Africa, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Pbs, Paul McCartney, Impact, George Clooney, Tim Janis, Celebrate America, Qvc, Nubble Light House, Gayle King, Inspirational Artist, Ray Charles, Masai Warriors, Kenya, Masai, Janis, Cws, Impact News
Yvonne R. Davis

Janis' music has been widely reported by many throughout the world to have healing qualities. Played in dozens of hospitals with the children and adults in cancer wards, patients and families swear to witnessing various miracles.

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Carnegie Hall's Chinese Culture Festival Extends Beyond the Music World and West 57th Street to Chelsea Galleries

Jane Levere | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Zankel Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tan Dun, Carnegie Hall, New York News
Jane Levere

Athough Carnegie Hall is the presenter of the current "Ancient Paths Modern Voices" festival (http://www.carnegiehall.org/chinafestival/) in New York,...

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Frank Sinatra's Big Apple Box Set Tastes Sweet, Despite a Few Worms

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Radio City Music Hall, Jerry Lewis, United Nations, Tina Sinatra, Madison Square Garden, Nancy Sinatra, New York City, Tommy Dorsey, Paramount Theater, Manhattan, Skitch Henderson, Patsy's Italian Restaurant, Harry James, Vincent Falcone, Ella Fitzgerald, PJ Clarke's, Frank Sinatra, Carnegie Hall, Manhattan Center, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Despite all the missteps and bad choices that went into making it, you should buy this box. Why? Because Frank Sinatra was the greatest singer of the 20th century, and he could teach the singers of the 21st century a thing or two.

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Chinese Fall at Carnegie Hall

Charles Fabius | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Quentin Shih, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Carnegie Hall, Orange County, Chinese Culture, 3, 2008 Olympics, New York News
Charles Fabius

It will be interesting to see how Ancient Paths, Modern Voices resonates with the actual Chinese communities largely present both in NYC and Orange County.

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This Sunday, Help Us Turn Carnegie Hall (RED)

James Boyce | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Carnegie Hall, (RED), Bono, Adam Clayton, Celtic Music, U2, Irish Music, Gavin Friday, The Edge, Benefit Concert, New York News
James Boyce

Not only is Irish musician Gavin Friday performing at Carnegie Hall on Sunday night, he's bringing a few friends. Like Bono. The Edge. Larry Mullen, Jr. And Adam Clayton.

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Ricky Gervais: How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? (VIDEO)

Posted 09.18.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Comedy Festival, Video, Carnegie Hall, Ricky Gervais Video, Comedy, Ricky Gervais, New York News

In a promo for the upcoming New York Comedy Festival, Ricky Gervais takes a profanity-laced stab at the age-old question: How do you get to Carnegie H...

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Thank God It's Thursday: Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente and Babatunde Olatunji

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Babatunde Olatunji, Eugene Wright, Carlos Santana, Legacy Edition, Gil Evans, Paul Desmond, Horace Parlan, Joan Baez, Miles Davis, Michael Cuscuna, Mickey Hart, John Coltrane, Fidel Castro, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller, Carnegie Hall, Dannie Richmond, Ornette Coleman, The King of Mambo, Manuel De Falla, Tito Puente, Sony, Jazz, Entertainment News, Duke Ellington, El Rey, JoaquíN Rodrigo, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Joe Morello, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Mostly celebrating jazz's 1959 frontier, six classic albums have been re-imagined as Legacy Editions, expanding each of the originals by adding an extra disc.

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What's the Greatest Book Ever About the Business of Show? A Wild and Crazy Late Book Review

David Wild | Posted 07.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rolling Stone, Steve Martin, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Carnegie Hall, Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life, Entertainment News
David Wild

Born Standing Up may be the least show bizzy book about show business.

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Happy Birthday to the King of Swing: Benny Goodman Turns 100

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Big Band Jazz, Teddy Wilson, Fletcher Henderson, Bunny Berigan, Elvis Presley, Gene Krupa, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Swing, Swing Music, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Carnegie Hall, Benny Goodman, Rolling Stones, Great Depression, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

If you like jazz -- or 20th century American music, for that matter -- then you owe it to yourself to check out Benny Goodman.

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Lesbian and Gay Musical Ambassadors

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harvey Fierstein, Eric Whitacre, Andrew Berman, Gustav Holst, Marita Begley, Brian Wordsdale, k.d. Lang, Godzilla Eats Las Vegas, Arthur Fiedler, Harvey Milk, Rita Moreno, Christine Quinn, Julie Richman Complex, Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps, Arthur Laurents., Boston Pops Orchestra, Liz Smith, Spectrum Jazz Band, Homophobia, City University of New York, Gay and Lesbian, Jon Aceto, Carl Orff, Barry Manilow, Barack Obama Inaugural Parade, “Gods and Monsters: Music From the Unearthly to the Ethereal”, Carnegie Hall, Leroy Anderson, Entertainment News
Jim Luce

The Big Apple Corps started out as a social organization, and continues today to offer a place where people can make friends -- and even fall in love.

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra Makes Carnegie Hall Debut

AP | MARTIN STEINBERG | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media

Read More: YouTube Symphony Orchestra Carnegie Hall, YouTube Symphony Orchestra, Youtube, Carnegie Hall, New York-New York, Media News

NEW YORK — The YouTube Symphony got to Carnegie Hall. With 21st-century multimedia pizazz, the Web site's first orchestra dazzled the audience ...

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Spotlight on the Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater

Jim Luce | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harkness Foundation for Dance, James Cobb, Luis Montes, Jim Luce, Modern Dance, Mexican-American, Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, Maxine Steinman, Matthew Ferry, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York State Council on the Arts, Fund for Creative Communities, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Youtube, Dance Education, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Agdt, Joseph Papp's Latin Festival, Max Lifchitz, Elisenda De FáBregas, Carnegie Hall, Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater, Jennifer Downing, Annabella Gonzalez, Latin Classicism, New York-New York, Entertainment News
Jim Luce

Annabella is known for having an eye for movement that conveys the essence of emotional situations. This shines through in "Primavera."

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra To Perform At Carnegie Hall

Reuters, AFP, YouTube | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: YouTube Symphony Orchestra, Youtube, Carnegie Hall, Media News

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra will perform live at Carnegie Hall Wednesday evening, an exciting milestone for a project hailed as "a first for the mu...

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Greening Hollywood: TerraCycle's Big Green Business

Paige Donner | Posted 01.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Green Economy, Green Business, Green Living, Terracycle, Tom Szaky, Tom Freund, Jackson Browne, EcoGift Festival, Carnegie Hall, Green News
Paige Donner

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. We've all heard that axiom before. Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle, offers up his own twist: He sees no trash.

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Culture Zohn: The Obama of Music

Patricia Zohn | Posted 01.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Art Basel, LA Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, You Tube, NY Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Google, Chicago Symphony, El Sistema, Obama, Sixty Minutes, Israel Philharmonic, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-12-04-zohnpull.jpg Like our president-elect, Dudamel is reaching out across the aisle to take us all in, to welcome.

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Paula Zahn To Play Cello At Carnegie Hall

New York Daily News | Richard Huff | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Paula Zahn Cello, Paula Zahn, Paula Zahn Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Hall, Media News

Paula Zahn spent the election cycle on the sidelines for the first time in three decades. That was an unusual position for a journalist who said she's...

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Culture Zohn: Lessons from Lenny

Patricia Zohn | Posted 10.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Black Panthers, West Side Story, Tom Wolfe, Rock the Vote, Bono, Dixie Chicks, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Carnegie Hall, Joan Baez, Gustavo Dudamel, Stills, Nash, Crosby, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-09-25-BernsteinconductingbyWalterStrateStudioCourtesyoftheNewYorkPhilharmonicArchivespull.jpg Let's hope in the current economic meltdown, we find a way to keep our artists and composers close to home.

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Scalped Tickets: My Introduction

David Browne | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul Simon, Concerts, Simon and Garfunkel, Carnegie Hall, Ticket Scalpers, Bon Jovi, Entertainment News
David Browne

While I sympathize with those who may be forced to fork over $1500 for tickets -- especially for Bon Jovi -- I'm also divided, since my first experience with an illicit ticket sale changed my life.

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