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Dog Ears Music: Taxes and Other Misfortunes Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 04.18.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Elliott Smith, Count Basie, Grant Green, Esquivel, Music, Red Nichols, Junior Parker, Gene Autry, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy McGriff & Groove Holmes, Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra, John Coltrane & Miles Davis, Ryan Thomas Becker & Last Joke, Frank Sinatra (With Count Basie & the Orchestra & Quincy Jones), Jimmy Scott, Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, Johnny Cash, Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton, Danielle Evin, Barrett Strong, Dave House, Thad Jones, mp3s, Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks, Champion Jack Dupree, Phil Ramone, Eddie Condon, Eddie Cantor, Sophie Tucker, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Dog Ears, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by John Coltrane & Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, Charles Mingus, Sophie Tucker, and more.

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Money Jungle & I've Got Your Number: Conversations With Terri Lyne Carrington and Tom Wopat

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.20.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Terri Lyne Carrington, Wayne Shorter, Christian McBride, Paul Simon, Max Roach, Django Unchained, Chris Montez, Herbie Hancock, Jane Seymour, Clark Terry, Judy Collins, Stevie Wonder, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Bobby Darin, Quentin Tarantino, Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Smallville, Gerald Clayton, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Dog Ears Music: The Gifting List

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 02.13.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Eugene Ormandy, K?Naan, Little Willie John, Everest, Tinariwen, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Danielle Evin, Ravi Shankar, The Impressions, Music, Frankie Miller, Oliver Nelson, mp3s, The Pied Pipers, Can, Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, A.R. & Machines, Phil Ramone, Charles Mingus, Fats Waller, Billy May and His Orchestra, King Curtis & Jimmy Forrest, Hank Williams, Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle, Dog Ears, Loretta Lynn, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by Dave Brubeck, Everest, Ravi Shankar, Tinariwen, Fats Waller, Frankie Miller and more.

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Dog Ears Music: The Gold, Silver and Bronze Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 09.26.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: The Decemberists, Black Diamond Heavies, Hot Chocolate, Broken Social Scene, Steve Miller, The Donnas, Queen, Music, The Beatles, Ghostland Observatory, Fran Healy, Gomez, Jonathan Richman, Crowded House, Heart, Charles Mingus, Yellow Ostrich, Robert Randolph & the Family Band (Featuring Leela James), Ada Jones, Wolf Parade, Steve Winwood, Hot Chip, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, Tomorrow, The Cave Singers, The Faces, The Carl Stalling Project, Danielle Evin, Dr. John, Abba, mp3s, Vetiver, Shane Fontayne, Laura Veirs, Leadbelly, Phil Ramone, Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes, Dog Ears, City and Colour, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by The Donnas, The Carl Stalling Project, Gomez, The Beatles, Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions, Dr. John and more.

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Dog Ears Music: Born in April Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.06.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Roy Orbison, Toots Thielemans, Muddy Waters, Alexander ?€œSkip? Spence, Bernie Worrell, Danielle Evin, Kelly Clarkson, Music, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Barbra Streisand (& Kris Kristofferson), mp3s, Jill Scott (& Lupe Fiasco), Otis Rush, Bessie Smith, Luther Vandross, Dusty Springfield, Jeff Porcaro (Toto), Duke Ellington, Phil Ramone, Ella Fitzgerald, Artur Schnabel, Charles Mingus, Percy Faith, Bobby Vinton, Dog Ears, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by Charles Mingus, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Artur Schnabel, Bessie Smith and more.

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Lucy Blodgett

PHOTOS: A Celebration Of Influential African American Angelenos

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 02.02.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Shawn Holley, Betty Hill, Paul Williams, Sugar Ray Leonard, African American Los Angeles, African American LA, Black Icons, Biddy Mason, Black Los Angeles, Charles Mingus, Quincy Jones, African American Icons, Black LA, Charlotta Bass, Black History Month, Los Angeles News

African Americans have played a pivotal but often forgotten role in the history of Los Angeles. From the days of the pueblo, through the civil rights ...

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From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting With Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.18.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Arlo Guthrie, Carol Channing, Charles Mingus, Rob Wasserman, Pete Seeger, G.E. Smith, Dan Zanes, Neil Young, Edie Brickell, Joan Osbourne, Bobby McFerrin, The Blind Boys, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Dyke Parks, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, Bruce Hornsby, Matthew Broderick, Lou Reed, Woody Guthri, Chris Whitley, Tom Morello, Suzanne Vega, Studs Terkel, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Angelique Kidjo, Sheryl Crow, Del Fuegos, Nora Guthrie, The Grateful Dead, Michael Franti, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Sharon Jones, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

On Woody Guthrie: "in a short life he saw so much, but he was really present and there with people. I think he's just really vital, not just in his vision, but as a spokesman for America."

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Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Scrubs, Sarah Vaughn, Return to Forever, Tina Turner, Thelonius Monk, What's Love Got to Do With It: The Tina Turner Story, James Taylor, Stan Getz, David Sedaris, Publisher's Weekly, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason and the Scorchers, Chaka Khan, Lenny White, Romeo Must Die, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, The Velvet Underground, Horace Cilver, Billy Connors, Billie Holiday, Kiss, John Common, Daniel Lanois, Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, The Transporter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Flora Purim, Leonard Cohen, Dr. Tony Youn, Rachel Ray, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, The Replacements, Art Blakey, Stanley Clarke, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Pee Wee?S Playhouse, The Beatles, The Clash, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The CBS Early Show, Charles Mingus, Rock of Ages, Boyz in the Hood, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, John Singleton, Jet Li, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, The Doors, Bill Evans, Jackson Browne, Steve Gadd, Barry Manilow, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

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Channel Surfer: Why Cowell-Less American Idol Is New, Improved, Better Than Ever

David Finkle | Posted 06.19.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Simon Cowell, Haley Reinhart, Ryan Seacrest, Scotty McCreery, Fox, Jon Hendricks, Lambert Hendricks and Ross, Steve Tyler, Randy Jackson, Youtube, Jennifer Lopez, The X Factor, Charles Mingus, James Durbin, American Idol, Casey Abrams, Moanin', Nigel Lythgoe, Norah Jones, Entertainment News
David Finkle

The reality talent show -- which under Simon Cowell searched relentlessly for the next big pop star, according to the man's definition -- is no longer blindered to other musical genres.

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Dog Ears Music: The Leftovers/What's to Eat? Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Amos Lee, Sean Hayes, The Leftovers, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Squeeze, Charlie Johnson and His Orchestra, War, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Butane Variations, Freddy King, Bud Powell, Donna Summer, Music, John Prine, The Stanley Brothers, The Beatles, John Fahey, Alberta Hunter, Memphis Minnie, Ohio Players, Howlin' Wolf, Portugal the Man, Silver Jews, Oppenheimer, Charles Mingus, Papa Charlie Jackson, Kevin Coyne, Editors, John Fogerty, Nirvana, Frankie Seay & the Soul Riders, Iggy Pop, Vince Guaraldi, Danielle Evin, Ry Cooder, The Dead Boys, Dizzy Gillespie & Max Roach, Joanna Newsom, mp3s, Dusty Springfield, Julia Lee, Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds, Albert Collins, Neil Young With Crazy Horse, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Phil Ramone, George Jones, Johnny Mercer, Pop Levi, Dog Ears, Gigi Gryce, Drive-by Truckers, Marijuana, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week, we feature music by Iggy Pop, Sean Hayes, The Leftovers, Joanna Newsom, Donna Summer, Oppenheimer and more.

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Black History Month Events In New York

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Slidepoll, David Ruggles, Brooklyn Museum, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Underground Railroad, Charles Mingus, Reggae, Thomas Allen Harris, Josephine Baker, Wynton Marsalis, Barack Obama, Gentrification, Black History Month, New York News

As we enter the second week of Black History Month, New York City is offering a host of activities to participate in. There are lectures, concerts, fi...

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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 05.25.2011 | 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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Meltdown: The Year Jazz Threw Out the Rules

Matthew Kohut | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Charlie Haden, John Coltrane, Jazz, Jack Kerouac, Dave Brubeck, Arts, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Music, Miles Davis, Culture, Entertainment News
Matthew Kohut

How does a music festival remain edgy and relevant? The British fest Meltdown 09 made news recently by tapping Ornette Coleman as director of this year's event.

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