Two events and an album commemorate the pioneering bandleader and arranger Gil Evans, born 100 years ago this week. full story ![]()

NEW YORK — Saxophonist-composer Wayne Shorter is a triple winner in the 2013 Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association. Shorter was a member of Miles Davis' legendary mid-1960s quintet and co-founded the fusion band Weather Report. He won awards for lifetime achievement in jazz, top soprano saxophonist and best small ensemble. Veteran trumpeter Wadada Leo...
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Centennial attention on Danny Kaye has included a new biography and an exhibition in Washington.
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Utah Jazz notes: Jeremy Evans makes bid for more playing time by Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 3, 2013 04:17PM MDT When the Utah Jazz finally get healthy, coach Tyrone Corbin might have another player to consider for his big-man rotation. Jeremy Evans has been the odd man out this season, playing behind Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Derrick Favors and Enes...
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The jazz pianists Gerald Clayton and Aaron Diehl, seen as standard-bearers for the future, are moving in different directions.
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Sinking Spring's 100th anniversary celebrations are kicking off with a centennial community breakfast Sunday morning at the borough fire company along Ruth Street.Brian L. Hoffa, chairman of the Centennial Committee, said the event will run from 8 to...
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Utah Jazz: Evans hopes to make ‘statement’ in dunk contest by Bill Oram The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 15, 2013 05:03PM MDT Houston • Stephen Curry drew a crowd two tables to Jeremy Evans’ right. On the Jazz forward’s left flank, a hoard of reporters surrounded Gerald Green, the Pacers forward who, like Evans, is best known for his dunking. But with the world’s media on...
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Utah Jazz: Jeremy Evans hopes to make ‘statement’ in dunk contest by Bill Oram The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 15, 2013 06:13PM MDT Houston • Stephen Curry drew a crowd two tables to Jeremy Evans’ right. On the Jazz forward’s left flank, a hoard of reporters surrounded Gerald Green, the Pacers forward who, like Evans, is best known for his dunking. But with the world’s...
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SALT LAKE CITY — Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said he’s available to help forward Jeremy Evans when he defends his NBA Sprite Slam Dunk contest title later this month.“I gave him one (idea),” Corbin said before Friday’s Jazz-Bulls game. “I don’t know if he’ll use it, but we’ll see.”read more
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Musician April Aloisio, with Phillip Burkhead on keyboard and George Simon on guitar, will appear at 7:30 p.m. Friday April 19, at Centennial Barn, 110 Compton Road.
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Otis Ferguson, who died in 1943, taught us how to write about film and jazz. Yet this canny critic has slipped through the cracks of renown.
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