Word: ella
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DIED. Jo Jones, 73, innovative jazz drummer known as "the man who plays like the wind" for his new lighter, looser rhythms, dynamic shadings, adroit accents and inventive ad libs, who buoyed the Count Basie band from 1935 to '48, toured with such greats as Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson and led his own small combos, which often included other Basie alumni; of pneumonia; in New York City. He was often confused with "Philly" Joe Jones, 62, drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet in the 1950s and an innovator in the transition from the swing era to the "cool" jazz...
After all, contemporary acclaim is wonderful. Peggy Lee, the jazz singer, once fielded the question "Who is the best jazz singer?" as cleanly as Brooks Robinson reaching over third base: "Do you mean besides Ella?" Such is the esteem in which Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird are held now. By common agreement, each is the best in his sport, and something more than that. They are changing the elements if not the definition of a star. In Gretzky's and Bird's gloved and bare hands, hockey and basketball appear to improve even as games, seem to become not only...
...called Pudding Pots, now "internationally recognized," are given to performers who have made "a lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment", said Michacl K. Allio '86, Pudding spokesman. Past recipients have included Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Hepburn and Ella Fitzgerald...
Even after two decades of renewed political activism among women, equality remains a goal rather than a reality. In 1982 only 55 women ran for the 435 House seats, and only 21 won. Only three women ran for the Senate, and all three lost. In 1974 Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman to win a governorship without having followed her husband into the statehouse. Today Kentucky's Martha Layne Collins is the only female Governor...
...late Ella Grasso was elected Governor of Connecticut that year but did not take office until...