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Do Atheists Borrow Religion's Morality?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.18.2009 | Living

Read More: New Atheists, Atheism, Duke Ellington, Nazis, Sam Harris, Ethics, Ts Eliot, Richard Rorty, Morality, Picasso, Richard Dawkins, Wh Auden, Vivaldi, Peter Singer, Living News
Frank Schaeffer

If you deprive people of the solace of a moral system of meaningful connection with something bigger than themselves, you aren't just stripping away window dressing, but demolishing the supporting structure of a happy life

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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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Touring Harlem, Lost and Found

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.10.2009 | 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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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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11 Years After His Death, "New" Music From Frank Sinatra

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music Business, Warner Bros., Bono, Paul Anka, Reprise Records, Glen Campbell, Las Vegas, Record Stores, Don Costa, Music Retail, Concord Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, New Jersey, Music Downloads, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Capitol/EMI, John Denver, New York Times, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jimmy Webb, Warner Reprise, Atlantic City, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Three new releases, Live At The Meadowlands, My Way, and Classic Sinatra II should please hardcore fans and newbies alike.

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Happy 110th, Duke!

Jane Levere | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harlem, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Maurice Hines, Apollo Theater, Pearl Bailey, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Bellson, Duke Ellington, Arena Stage, A Train, Paul Mercer Ellington, Mercedes Ellington, Entertainment News
Jane Levere

To celebrate the 110th birthday of Duke Ellington last week, his namesake orchestra played in a subway station in Harlem and, even more appropriately, on a 1930's-vintage, green A train.

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Exclusive Interview with Maya Angelou

Marianne Schnall | Posted 03.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Maya Angelou, The Inner Life, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Happiness, Courage, President Obama, DAR, Wangari Maathai, Writing, Duke Ellington, Mary J. Blige, Volunteer Stories Obama, Frank Sinatra, Living News
Marianne Schnall

I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it.

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The (Lounge) Lizard King: Happy Birthday, Buddy Greco

Tony Sachs | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Herman's Hermits, Siegfried & Roy, Rat Pack, Stan Getz, The Lady Is a Tramp, Buddy Greco, Peggy Lee, Las Vegas, Dean Martin, Beatles, Michael Buble, Pop Music, Palm Springs, Jazz, Show Business, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Standards, Hank Williams, Great American Songbook, Marvin Gaye, Charo, Lennon-Mccartney, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Buddy Greco's been counted out more times than a punch-drunk boxer, and he bounces back every time. And even in 2008, he's still one of the best jazz pianists around, and a hell of a singer, too.

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