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...each made a distinctive mark on the jazz community. The two share a passion for the fusion of jazz and Latin motifs, and have performed together at a variety of venues. This motivating theme of fusion is consistent with the 2006-2007 jazz band’s exploration of Afro-Cuban music. Thomas G. Everett, Director of the Harvard University Band (which includes the jazz band), says that the band typically looks to invite “entertainers with… a sound based on their place in history and their development of an original voice.” Sanabria?...
...boom of fireworks and the blare of high-volume slogans from a pair of loudspeaker trucks, Chen Chu storms into the Chukuang Market. Her curly afro is clearly visible in front of her two dozen supporters as she plows past the rows of parked scooters, the squid cooking on outdoor grills, and the children riding in circles on a miniature electric train. Chen, 56, a veteran activist and former political prisoner, is running for mayor of Taiwan's second-largest city, Kaohsiung - and tonight she appears intent on shaking the hand of every hotpot eater, bra seller and pachinko player...
...DIED. Tamara Dobson, 59, Amazonian model-actress who created one of the blaxploitation genre's most memorable women-the Corvette-driving, martial-arts-loving title character in the film Cleopatra Jones; of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis; in Baltimore, Md. With her flashy style-huge Afro, big hats, leather-trimmed fur coats-Cleopatra was, in the words of the drug traffickers she battled, "10 miles of bad road." Before her career ebbed in the '80s, the 6-ft. 2-in. Dobson went on to appear in other films of the genre, notably the women-in-prison film Chained Heat...
DIED. Tamara Dobson, 59, Amazonian model-actress who created one of the blaxploitation genre's most memorable women--the Corvette-driving, martial-arts-loving title character in the film Cleopatra Jones; of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis; in Baltimore, Md. With her flashy style--huge Afro, big hats, leather-trimmed fur coats--Cleopatra was, in the words of the drug traffickers she battled, "10 miles of bad road." Before her career ebbed in the '80s, the 6-ft. 2-in. Dobson went on to appear in other films of the genre, notably the women-in-prison film Chained Heat...
...captures where the city is headed. People are determined to grow here." And dance. Always dance. Music is the heart of Maputo, and every night of the week there's somewhere to shake your booty - regardless of how much money you have. On Thursday nights the Africa Bar does Afro-jazz for a tourist crowd; on Fridays Xima blasts out marrabenta, Mozambican fusion dance music, to the locals; le weekend is marked by live gigs at the Centro Cultural Francês and nearby Gil Vicente; while Coconuts blasts house music for those who were too young or busy warring...