Diana Krall has been arguably the most prominent jazz vocalist in the world for more than a decade. Between winning two Grammy Awards, eight Juno Awards (Canada’s version of the Grammys) and having five albums chart in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top 200, no jazz artist has done more to put the genre...
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The jazz great died this morning, a day short of his 92nd birthday.
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Tags: Dave Brubeck, jazz, Leonard Pierce, Music, obituaries
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Queen's second and third (and final) batch of remastered albums are here. Read the Current's take on Box #2.
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She wanted to know if it was possible to go all night like so many songs had boasted about. No man had ever been able to pull it off.
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Tags: all night long, call me, champagne, chihuahua, chocolate, college, femme nation, fink, Hotel California, jazz, Latin, lovers, lube, party, reggae, sex, singles, soul, summer vacation, up all night, whiskey
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Eddie Palmieri will offer a free conversation at UTSA's Buena Vista Theater (501 Durango) Friday at 6 p.m., and a show Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Guadalupe Plaza ($20). He spoke to the Current from his home in New York. For more information, go to guadalupeculturalarts.org.
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Tags: Current Q & A, Eddie Palmieri, Enrique Lopetegui, Guadalupe, jazz, Latin jazz, live music, Music
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“I don’t have a definition of jazz… You’re just supposed to know it when you hear it.” — Thelonious Monk From the dulcet tones of Sade to the swinging sounds of Benny Goodman’s licorice stick; from Be Bop to Dixieland; from Brubeck to Spyra Grya … all that is jazz music is on the...
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Tags: charity, community, jazz, Music, nonprofit, radio, san antonio, Trinity University
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