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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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A Native Son Traces The Tumultuous History Of Cambria Heights, Queens

NARRATIVE.LY | Posted 01.17.2013 | New York
Read More: Narratively, Cambria Heights, W.E. B. Dubois, Count Basie, Kurt Boone, Queens, Native Son, New York Characters, Ella Fitzgerald, New York News

n 1965, when I was five years old, my family moved from the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn into a five-bedroom house on 210th Street in Cambria Hei...

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Dog Ears Music: Born in August Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 10.03.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Gene Kelly, Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Count Basie, Danielle Evin, Leonard Bernstein, Elvis Costello (& the Imposters), Tommy Sands, Jim Reeves, Music, David Soul, Isaac Hayes, Mae West, Michael Jackson (Jackson 5), Steve Martin, Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Whitney Houston, mp3s, Sonny Sharrock, John Lee Hooker, Louis Armstrong, Joe Jackson, Phil Ramone, Kitty Wells, Gene Simmons (Kiss), Keith Moon, Joe Strummer (& the Mescaleros), Dog Ears, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review music by Wilco, Whitney Houston, Sonny Sharrock, Count Basie, Gene Kelly, Joe Jackson and more.

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America America: Conversations With BeBe Winans and Al Jarreau, Plus "Ask Renman"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.04.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Jackson, Mavis Staples, Jay Graydon, Count Basie, The Wonder Stuff, Bruce Willis, Lee Holdridge, BeBe Winans, Sting, Bill Haley and the Comets, Hothouse Flowers, The The, Vince Mendoza, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Cece Winans, Roger Murrah, The Manchurian Candidate, Keith Stegall, Stabbing Westward, Motown, Quincy Jones, Denzel Washington, The Staple Singers, Cybill Shepherd, The Color Purple, Billy Eckstine, Incubus, Lionel Richie, Patti Page, Primal Scream, USA for Africa, Chuck Berry, Oprah Winfrey, Al Jarreau, Dave Koz, The Winans, Brenda Lee, Herbie Hancock, Meryl Streep, Duke Ellington, Steve Rennie, Todd Gershwin, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Little Richard, Nellie Lutcher, Sarah Vaughan, Smokey Robinson, Dramarama, Renman, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Dog Ears Music: Things My Accountant Says Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.13.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Count Basie, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, The Strokes, The Knack, Robert Ellis, New Radicals, Trent Dabbs, Music, Billy Lee Riley, Gov?T Mule, Harper Simon, Skeletons, Buffalo Springfield, The Mynabirds, J.B. Lenoir, Young the Giant, Jamie Lidell, The Jaggerz, Rod Stewart, Johnny Cash, Danielle Evin, Ry Cooder, Peggy Lee, John Hammond, As Tall as Lions, mp3s, Hard-Fi, Jesse Winchester, Champion Jack Dupree, Phil Ramone, Fats Waller, Supergrass, Oasis, Ray Charles, Dog Ears, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by Fats Waller, Champion Jack Dupree, Supergrass, Harper Simon, Count Basie and more.

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Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Bonnie Raitt, Guster, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Eric Roberts, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Fred Eltringham, Chris Walters, Joe, Georges Delarues, Laura Nyro, Dave Palmer, Mike Mills, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Mitchell, Kruu-Fm, Tim Hardin, The White Stripes, Cole Porter, Roger Niell, Barry Mann, Leonard Cohen, Duke Ellington, Eye of the Beholder, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Roy Orbison, Glenn Frey, Elliott Smith, Mélanie Laurent, Judee Sill, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, Lex Price, k.d. Lang, Neil Young, Gilbert and Sullivan, Ewan MacGregor, The Kinks, Glen Campbell, Miles Davis, Daniel Clark, Rogers & Hammerstein, The Beatles, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, Longbranch Pennywhistle, Rob McGaha, Carly Simon, Gus Van Sant, Elton John, Don Henley, Christopher Plumber, Brian Reitzell, Bing Crosby, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, The Rolling Stones, Sam Shepard, Joe Pisapia, Carole King, Gershwin, Nona Hendryx, Harold Arlen, Viktor Krauss, Bob Dylan, Peggy Lee, Tom Waits, Liam Watson, Brian Sutton, Mark Ethridge, Meryl Streep, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Fats Waller, JD Souther, Gene Clark, The Band, Jimmy Webb, James Taylor, The Wallflowers, Josh Grange, Bruce Springsteen, Salmonberries, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.

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Bruce Ricker/Jazz Foundation of America -- Keeping the Spirit Alive

Regina Weinreich | Posted 07.22.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Danny Glover, Tony Bennett, Big Joe Turner, Laurence Fishburne, Count Basie, Ronnie Spector, Charlotte Zwerin, Christian McBride, Thelonius Monk, Hal Willner. Dr. John, Clint Eastwood, Macy Gray, Wendy Atlas Oxenhorn, Robert Bell From Kool & the Gang, Dave Brubeck, Seymour Krim, Johnny Mercer, Jay McShann, Michael Imperioli, Melvin Van Peeples, Bruce Ricker, Lou Reed, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Jazz lost one of its own last week, with the death of Bruce Ricker. Not a player per se, Ricker, a lawyer with a passion for jazz assembled Jay McShan...

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Country's Cousins: Conversations with Diane Schuur and America's Got Talent Winner Michael Grimm

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.12.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Grimm, Sarah Vaughn, Kevin Hunter, Stan Getz, Bill Harrah, Otis Redding, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bobby McFerrin, Stevie Wonder, Hurricane Katrina, Diane Schuur, Pat Benatar, Dinah Washington, B.B. King, Jackie Evancho, Simon Cowell, Stevie Nicks, Vince Gill, Rod Stewart, Bill Medley, The Faces, Ian McLagan, Wire Train, Patti Page, Nancy Wilson, Green Valley Ranch, America's Got Talent, Greg Leisz, Supernatural, Buddy Rich, Ray Charles, American Idol, Kenny Aronoff, Ann Wilson, Larry Carlton, Don Was, Energy Force, Count Basie, Grammy, Joey Reynolds, Monterey Jazz Festival, Concord Records, Alsion Krauss, Doris Day, Jeannie Seely, Heart, Bob Clearmountain, Edie Gorme, Willie Nelson, Kay Starr, George Shearing, The Manhattan Transfer, Steve Buckingham, Barbra Streisand, Travis Tritt, Floyd Cramer, Mark Knopfler, Judy Alberti, Ed Shaughnessy, Waddy Wachtel, True Blood, Barry Manilow, Smokey Robinson, Grp, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

For her new album, Diane Schurr says: "The one thing that I did purposefully on this was, number one, not to do it with a twang, and number two, I wanted it to please both people that are into country and people that are into jazz."

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Should Be The American Music Hall of Fame

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: New Orleans, Elmore James, Count Basie, Thelonius Monk, Soul Music, Ska, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Bluegrass, Reggae, Charlie Parker, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music, Glenn Miller, Big Joe Turner, Bob Marley, American Popular Music, R&b, Dr. John, Tom Waits, Pop Music, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Dick Clark, John Lee Hooker, Jazz, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Blues, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Rock and Roll, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Jimmy Cliff, Buddy Guy, Rolling Stones, Don Cornelius, Music, Entertainment News
Brian Ross

The latest crop of inductees was announced yesterday by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Once again, it honored musicians who just a...

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HuffPost Premiere: Jesse Harris' 'Little Star,' Plus a Conversation With Kyle Eastwood

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Outlaw Josey Wales, Paul Chambers, Stan Kenton, Regarding Harry, Count Basie, Flags of Our Fathers, Jesse Harris, Manu Katché, Erin Davis, Gran Torino, The Rookie, Invictus, Kyle Eastwood, Yasgur's Farm, Milo Lee, Miles Davis, Mystic River, Monterey Jazz Festival, Valerie Delgado, Clint Eastwood, Till Bronner, Ray Brown, Vince Mendoza, Duke Ellington, Joni Mitchell, Bronco Billy, Motown, Letters From Iwo Jima, Toyin, Camille, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Jazz musician Kyle Eastwood talks his new album, Metropolitain, living in Paris, and doing musical scores for film.

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JAZZ MUSIC: Coveted And Savory Collection Snagged By National Jazz Museum

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Jazz, Harlem National Jazz Museum, Musicians, Jazz Music, Benny Goodman, Arts News

This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitiz...

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From Philly International to The Berklee College Of Music: A Conversation With Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Jackson, Wilson Pickett, The Jacksons, The O'Jays, Count Basie, Teddy Pendergrass, Sarah Vaughn, Sting, Hall & Oates, Shane Mosley, Kelly Clarkson, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, Carrie Underwood, Daryl Hall, Aretha Franklin, Ruben Studdard, Lou Rawls, Atlantic Records, Tom Dowd, Michale Bubble, Don Cornelius, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Billy Paul, Chaka Khan, The Intruders, Fantasia, Ella Fitzgerald, Ahmet Ertegun, Nancy Wilson, Gladys Knight, Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Lawrence Welk, Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour, Chris Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson, Hal David, The Three Degrees, Rod Stewart, Jerry Wexler, Gamble & Huff, Columbia Records, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Leslie Gore, Arif Mardin, Nesuhi Ertegun, Philly International, Floyd Mayweather, John Lennon, Soul Train, Herbie Hancock, Dusty Springfield, Duke Ellington, Archie Bell & the Drells, Frank Sinatra, Clive Davis, John Oates, Madera-White, Tsop, Mfsb, Nile ROgers, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This weekend, the legendary R&B songwriting team will receive honorary doctorates in recognition of the 3500 songs they've produced over their 35-year partnership. In this interview, they reflect on their extraordinary careers.

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"Tea for the Tillerman": Hot Playlist for a Tea Party Victory Party

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Greenwich Meantime, Nirvana, The Wiggles, Count Basie, Big Audio Dynamite, Janis Ian, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Police, Shelby Lynne, Tea Party Movement, Rand Paul, The Who, Sister Hazel, Kentucky, Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Tea Party, Politics News
David Wild

I may not even remotely agree with the Tea Party Movement's point of view, but I will still fight to the death for these American's Constitutional right to have some good tunes at their victory party. Okay, maybe not to the death.

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Protecting the House Where Lena Lived!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Harlem, Count Basie, Addisleigh Park, Real Estate, Rachel Robinson, State Senator Bill Perkins, 555 Edgcomb Avenue, Jackie Robinson, Max Schmeling, Illinois-Jacquet, Chicago, Schwartz and Gross, Ella Fitzgerald, Father Knows Best, Paul Mercer Ellington, James Brown, Otto Kahn, Queens, Jay Paley, Paul R. Williams, President Barack Obama, Lena Horne, John Marquand, John Cheever, Barack Obama, Rose Morgan, Cottie Williams, John S. Phipps, Roy Campanella, Frank Sinatra, Joe Louis, Babe Ruth, Gail-Lumet-Buckley, Geoffrey Holder, Jessye Norman, Cicely Tyson, Jenny Lumet, Leslie Uggams, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Never again in our history will citizens be forced to live segregated lives, not according to race at any rate. Yet once, not so long ago, this reality was a difficult to oppose matter of course.

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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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Bachmann Tea Party Overdrive: A Tasty and Hot Playlist for Michele and All Her Foxy Friends

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Cowboy Junkies, Emmylou Harris, Tea Party Protests, The Wiggles, Anne Murray, Count Basie, Brendan Benson, Nirvana, Capitol, Led Zeppelin, Congress, The Police, Michele Bachmann, The Who, Sister Hazel, Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Stevens, Tea Party, Entertainment News
David Wild

I just read here that Rep. Michele Bachmann is hosting a very special tea party at the Capitol today. I'm sure it will be a lovely affair, so I wanted to send along this playlist for Congress' hostess with the mostest.

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Touring Harlem, Lost and Found

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, Church, Lena-Horne, Count Basie, Archer Milton Huntington, Drugs, Hispanics, New York, Thelma Golden, Mexican Immigrants, Apollo Theater, Tourism, Lincoln Kirstein, Rezoning, Mrs. Astor, Jazz, Sex, 555 Edgecombe Ave., Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, Anna Vaughn Huntington, Synagouge, Goya, Lana Turner, Studio Museum in Harlem, Black Culture, High-Priced Condominiums, Paul Robeson, Cabcalloway, Domenican, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?

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