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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...jazz producer who, at age 20, parlayed a family loan into an indie label that became Prestige, home to some of jazz's greatest musicians; in Boca Raton, Fla. He encouraged his artists to record long, unrehearsed jams. Among the results: the 1956 John Coltrane-- Sonny Rollins saxophone duet Tenor Madness and the seminal four-album series Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Relaxin', Workin' and Steamin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 30, 2006 | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

...movie dialogue. This corny breakdown should have taken a cue from 2001’s “Objection (The Tango),” in which Shakira’s words served to improve the song, not to make it ridiculous.Carlos Santana slows things down in his duet wounded lover’s anthem with Shakira, “Illegal.” The sensuality practically oozes from Santana’s guitar riffs, conjuring up the image of rain pelting a window, with Shakira peering out forlornly at passers-by. Her line, “you said, you would...

Author: By Kathleen A. Fedornak, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...more debatable. She takes her character in a vastly different direction than the original actress Daphne Rubin-Vega, replacing Mimi’s usual raspy vocals with a much smoother, sweeter tone. Admittedly, the change is somewhat distracting, especially in Mimi’s first appearance, the innocently romantic duet “Light My Candle.” But Dawson’s approach begins to shine soon enough; by the time of Mimi’s big solo number “Out Tonight,” Dawson has made the character all her own. The adaptation...

Author: By Maura A. Graul, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...subsidiary conventions finally don't matter. This is a solo dirge that becomes a love-song duet. And as such it's as down-home and true as the image of John and June singing their hearts out for their fans and themselves - a destiny to which she was born, and he was fated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Phoenix in the Ring of Fire | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...Save a Life," attended the meeting, and one person even made two appearances by satellite. Bono, the rock star of global health, addressed the gathering from Los Angeles, where he is touring with U2. "I feel like I'm missing Woodstock," he said. That evening, he performed a transcontinental duet with Alicia Keys, who headlined a benefit concert for Keep a Child Alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meeting a Challenge with Ideas and Optimism | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

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