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Still, at least seven more IPOs are in the pipeline, including offerings from Colony Capital, Apollo, Alliance Bernstein, Bayview Asset Management (which is partly owned by Blackstone Group), Ellington Management Group, Western Asset Management and AG Financial Investment Trust...
...Duke Ellington called Louie Bellson, 84, "the world's greatest drummer," a title Bellson earned at age 17 when he beat out 40,000 other contestants in a national drumming competition. He went on to play with numerous jazz greats, such as Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald...
...bubbles aren't your thing, order your sexy poison of choice at the brushed stainless steel bar and hobnob on the sparkly, silver floor tiles. Munch on some elevated Southern-style soul food like crab corndogs. The second floor outdoor deck offers a splendid view of the Duke Ellington portrait painted on the brick building right next door. While Indulj typically caters to a more mature crowd, Monday night will feature an inauguration celebration for teens-only, where they can celebrate "like the adults" with virgin drinks...
...bandstand. The swing era had begun, and Benny, then and thereafter, was its king. In 1937, he earned $125,000, while President Franklin D. Roosevelt received $50,000; like Babe Ruth, he was having a better year. In | 1938, the Goodman band (along with players from the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands, including Basie) played its unprecedented, historic date in Carnegie Hall, moving jazz up the social as well as the musical scale. Just before he went on, Goodman was asked how long an intermission he wanted. ''I don't know,'' he replied. ''How much does Toscanini get?'' Tastes...
Onstage, the natty-tailored, balding guy on vibes is jazz arranger Mulatu Astatqé, who once played with Duke Ellington. The priest-like one in the robes is Mahmoud Ahmed, who became Ethiopia's most popular singer, and was once the spitting image of the young Sam Cooke. Alèmayèhu Eshèté still has the yelp (if not quite the glorious pompadour) of his James Brown days. And, draped in his colorful military cape and now somewhat mangey, lion's mane crown, the shamanic Gétatchèw Mèkurya would catch...