Illinois Jacquet

Father Time: Dave Brubeck Plays the Blue Note

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Jacquet, Alexander Hamilton, Mickey Mantle, Time Magazine, Jazz, Randy Jones, Jazz Piano, Dave Brubeck, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond, Blue Note, Bobby Militello, New York City, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Going to see Brubeck's late show at the Blue Note on a Saturday night feels, in 2010, almost as improbable as going to the ballpark to catch Mickey Mantle, or attending a lecture by Alexander Hamilton.

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Protecting the House Where Lena Lived!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-Eight

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Jacquet, mp3s, Ofo & the Black Company, Phil Ramone, Dirty Projectors, Danielle Evin, Music, Luther Allison, Dog Ears, Porter Wagoner, Phosphorescent, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column features music by Dirty Projectors, Luther Allison, Phosphorescent, Illinois Jacquet, Porter Wagoner, and Ofo & The Black Company.

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