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A Hip Baritone Sings the Music of Miles Davis

Ralph A. Miriello | Posted 04.23.2013 | Arts
Read More: Freddie Hendrix, Jazz Review, Lonnie Plaxico, Giacomo Gates, Jazz Vocal, Cd Review, Jazz Baritones, Dave Stryker, Gil Scoot-Heron, Vocalese, Vincent Ector, Milestones Giacomo Gates Sings the Music of Miles Davis, Jon Hendricks, Eddie Jefferson, Scat Singing, Video, Arts News
Ralph A. Miriello

When the crooner Giacomo Gates tackles a project, you never know what to expect, but you can pretty much take it to the bank that it will be both entertaining and interesting.

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Rattle Them Bones: A Conversation With Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Scotty Morris

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.04.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Royal Crown Revue, Maynard Fergson, Dorothy Fields, Meaghan Smith, Marty Nelson, The Manhattan Transfer, Brian Setzer, Jon Hendricks, Scotty Morris, Mad Men, Lambert Hendricks & Ross, Jimmy McHugh, Dan Draper, Swingers, Randy Newman, Cab Calloway, Stevie Ray Swingers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"For me, I picked up the guitar because of Brian Setzer and Stevie Ray Vaughan when I was a kid. So to even be in the same breath as Brian Setzer? I was blown away. But to have an ambassador of badassness like Brian Setzer being attached to swing only validated the whole thing. Way better for me."

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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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First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: The Gate (CD), John McLean, Birdland, Ulysses Owens Jr., Laurence Hobgood, Harish Raghavan, Wassily Kandinski, Campari, Kurt Elling, Mark Murphy, Earth Wind & Fire, Ralph Rainger, Jon Hendricks, Leo Robin, NY Around Town, New York News
David Finkle

Whenever I hear Kurt Elling, I'm reminded of firsts, the shock of the suddenly and compellingly new. His approach to a song is all that -- previously unexplored, unfamiliar.

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Jazzy Mandarin & The Gate's Wide Open: Conversations With Dianne Reeves and Kurt Elling

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Don Was, George Duke, Jon Hendricks, Harry Belafonte, John Patitucci, Laurence Hobgood, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Kurt Elling, Tony Bennet, Blue Note, Rosemary Clooney, Motown, Carmen McRae, Good Night and Good Luck, Betty Carter, Michelle Obama, Bruce Lundvall, BIlly Holiday, Erykah Badu, Mark Murphy, George Clooney, Alexander McQueen, The 5th Dimension, Barack Obama, Dianne Reeves, Billy Childs, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Terreon Gully, Sarah Vaughan, King Crimson, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

What happens when your elegant entertainer goes off script and speaks mandarin directly to a Chinese delegation in the White House?

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