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WATCH: JAZZ: Keeping Big Band Alive in Los Angeles

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Big Band Jazz, Slideshow, Los Angeles Jazz, Swing Music, Big Band, Bill Holman, Slidepollajax, LA Culture, John Daversa, Arts News

It takes a lot of energy to be a revivalist. To take a style from 'irrelevant' to intriguing in the eyes of the public, you've got to be manager, amba...

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Mollie O'Brien: New CD, Saintly Sinnin' Sound

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Sinners & Saints, Live Performance, Broadway Music, Music, CD Release, Denver, New York City, Tom Waits, Mollie O'Brien, Ophelia String Band, Tim O'Brien, Rich Moore, Swing Music, Family Life, Swallow Hil, Americana Music, Denver News
Sharon Glassman

Denver-based, nationally adored Americana singer Mollie O'Brien's big musical "Yes" started with a big New York City "No."

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Happy Birthday to the King of Swing: Benny Goodman Turns 100

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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