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I can honestly say I’m still learning.” Hearing such an admirable, humble statement from someone like Benny Green—a jazz pianist, arranger, composer and band leader whose 30-plus year career includes performances and recordings with jazz luminaries like Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey a...
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ISTANBUL — After days of being the target of tear gas and police water cannons, protesters in Gezi Park, in Taksim Square here, were tense on Wednesday night, girded for conflict. Instead they got a piano performance. Davide Martello, a German musician in the new age, Paul Winter mold, arrive...
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Music can be prayerful, says Pastor Earl Kim of First United Methodist Church (FUMC). Not only gospel and hymns, said Kim, but other types of music too. The pastor, who joined FUMC last July, hopes that Montclairites will discover the spirituality in jazz this Friday, when the Mina Cho J...
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FORT WALTON BEACH — Carol Yessick closed the book of music in front of her and closed her eyes, her fingers knowing which keys to hit as she played her final piece for seniors at Magnolia Manor day-care center. Yessick, 67, of Shalimar, has had a love for piano since she was 14, but did...
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FORT WORTH, Texas—Vadym Kholodenko, a Ukrainian pianist and music teacher, has won the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, just four months after the death of the contest”s namesake. Beatrice Rana, 20, of Italy, placed second, and Sean Chen, 24, of the United States,...
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Polish musician caught a member of the audience filming him on a mobile phone when he was performing in Essen, GermanOne of the world's leading concert pianists angrily exited a performance on Monday evening saying YouTube was "destroying music" after he caught a member of the audience filming him o...
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Brazilian pianist-singer Eliane Elias offers an inspired tribute to cool jazz legend Chet Baker, a major influence on bossa nova pioneers like Joao Gilberto. Unlike other recent tributes, which focused on slow ballads reflecting the sadness in Baker's music, Elias covers a wider spectrum of the trum...
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RANCHO MIRAGE — Virginia Waring, who used her international stature in music to bring international attention to the Coachella Valley, died early this morning at her Rancho Mirage home after a gradual decline in health. She was 97. Waring, widow of pop music legend Fred Waring, fir...
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Among jazz musicians, especially in New York City, pianist Kenny Barron is considered an institution. He spent years in bands led by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Yusef Lateef and Stan Getz, and brings that wisdom to every note. He's put out dozens of albums, continues to write new music, ...
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Somerville House at Balrath, Kentstown hosts a piano recital by world renowned concert pianist Barry Douglas on Wednesday 12th June at 7pm, in association with international children’s charity, Educo. Barry Douglas has established a major international career as a concert pianist and co...
