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Count Basie

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    September 28, 2011

    Overtown Music Project's Eight Sounds of Overtown

    Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown's heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    Overtown Via South Beach

    Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown's heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Wail of a Good Time

    Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown's heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Rebirth of Cool

    Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown's heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    Tony Bennett performs at the Arsht Center Friday, January 8

    Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown's heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    MP3s of the Day: "Shake and Shake" and "Quitters" by Ever So Klever

    Not many swing bands boast an axe man who's a fan of Rush. Then again, when the original swing bands were around, prog rock wasn't even the horizon, let alone a dream in some long-haired Canadian's mind. Oddly enough, the swing bands got along fine without it. Though truth be told, the genre might s ... More >>

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    February 5, 2009
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    January 22, 2009

    Wynton Marsalis

    He keeps the tradition alive.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Wynton Marsalis To Play Two South Florida Dates, Miami on Thurs. and West Palm Next Wed.

    On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that  became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John C ... More >>

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Freddy Cole Quartet

    On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that  became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John C ... More >>

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    Candido Camero

    On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that  became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John C ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2005

    Moving Messages

    On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that  became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John C ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2005

    Won't Back Down

    On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that  became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John C ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    Lenny Kravitz

    On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that  became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John C ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2004

    Darling Ms. Yarling

    On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that  became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John C ... More >>

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004
  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    Home Weird Home

    Dan Doormouse and the men of Somia Music are rebels in their own minds

  • Culture

    August 23, 2001

    End of the Road

    Thirty years later, Harry Belafonte finds closure in a once-lost project

  • Culture

    November 23, 2000

    "Moms" Said Knock You Out

    This hilarious tribute to seminal comedienne Jackie "Moms" Mabley leaves audiences wanting more

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    June 22, 2000
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    May 11, 2000
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    May 11, 2000

    The Great Divide

    Correspondence from our readers

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    Improvise or Shut Up

    Jazz titan Sam Rivers keeps on blowing

  • Music

    December 2, 1999

    Blow, Man, Blow

    Jesse Jones, Jr., at home with his instrument

  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    Have Horn, Will Travel

    Hold on, Roomful of Blues is comin'

  • Music

    July 22, 1999

    Mocean Worker

    Mixed Emotional Features (Palm Pictures)
    Various Artists
    Groove Jammy 2 (32 Jazz)

  • Music

    March 4, 1999

    Rotations

    Mixed Emotional Features (Palm Pictures)
    Various Artists
    Groove Jammy 2 (32 Jazz)

  • Music

    February 25, 1999

    Letting Jazz Breathe

    Mixed Emotional Features (Palm Pictures)
    Various Artists
    Groove Jammy 2 (32 Jazz)

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Rotations

    Mixed Emotional Features (Palm Pictures)
    Various Artists
    Groove Jammy 2 (32 Jazz)

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    King of the Soundboard

    Mack Emerman founded Criteria Recording Studios, made a fortune, lost it all, then lost his mind. Now he's back from the dead and ready to work.

  • Music

    February 19, 1998

    Horn of Plenty

    Mack Emerman founded Criteria Recording Studios, made a fortune, lost it all, then lost his mind. Now he's back from the dead and ready to work.

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Heart and Soul

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • Music

    July 17, 1997

    Rotations

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • Culture

    April 24, 1997

    Knocking the Rock

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • Music

    January 16, 1997

    Rude Boy Invasion

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • Music

    December 12, 1996

    A Sleighful of Yays and Nays

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • Music

    October 31, 1996

    The Odd Couple

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • Music

    October 24, 1996

    Key Player

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • Film

    August 15, 1996

    We're Not in Nashville Any More

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Reverb

    Miami's soul-music era may be over, but singers like Bobby Stringer are struggling to revive the genre

  • News

    July 27, 1995

    Dade's Greatest Hits

    A requiem for some heavyweights that have tussled with the wrecking ball and lost

  • Music

    May 11, 1995

    Rotations 4

    A requiem for some heavyweights that have tussled with the wrecking ball and lost

  • Music

    May 4, 1995

    Straight Jacquet

    The Texas Tenor train keeps a-rollin', next stop Illinois

  • Music

    January 19, 1995

    Cruise Control

    Roomful of Blues's Doug James rewinds and fast forwards

  • Music

    April 13, 1994

    Tenor of the Times

    Saxman Eric Allison and band titan up in tribute to the Big Three

  • Music

    January 19, 1994

    Coping with the Blues

    From the Third Ward to the Third World, Johnny Clyde Copeland lives a continuing blues adventure

  • Music

    June 9, 1993

    What's Up, Doc?

    Lonnie Smith moves from organ to piano, past to present

  • Music

    May 13, 1992

    Getting High on Benny's

    You can't keep a Goodman down, not even with allegations of tyranny and racism.

  • Music

    November 27, 1991

    Bottom of the Heap O Top of the World

    Just how popular is Juan Luis Guerra? If you have to ask, you haven't been listening.

  • News

    June 26, 1991

    White on Black

    Just how popular is Juan Luis Guerra? If you have to ask, you haven't been listening.

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