Word: jazzed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thug at heart, that he hasn't changed a bit. The album's Who's Who of producers, including Dr. Dre and Kanye West, normally could be relied on to spice up the duller patches, but the riffs sound either recycled or, more disturbingly, like Herb Alpert--era smooth jazz. (Not a positive trend for this or any other genre.) Jay-Z may yet have more to say, but he doesn't say it here...
DIED. Anita O'Day, 87, edgy vocalist of the '40s and '50s, dubbed the Jezebel of Jazz for her ability to scat new energy into old standards and for her long struggle with drug addiction, for which she served jail time; in Los Angeles. Born Anita Colton (O'Day was pig Latin for dough--"what I hoped to make," she said), she brought early hits to bandleaders Gene Krupa (Let Me Off Uptown) and Stan Kenton (And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine) and cemented her hipster reputation by performing in low-key jackets and skirts instead of gowns...
...DIED. Anita O'Day, 87, edgy vocalist of the '40s and '50s, dubbed the Jezebel of Jazz for her ability to scat new energy into old standards and for her long struggle with drug addiction, for which she served jail time; in Los Angeles. Born Anita Colton (O'Day was pig Latin for dough-"what I hoped to make," she said), she brought early hits to bandleaders Gene Krupa (Let Me Off Uptown) and Stan Kenton (And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine) and cemented her hipster reputation by performing in low-key jackets and skirts instead of gowns...
...thug at heart-that he hasn't changed a bit. The album's Who's Who of producers, including Dr. Dre and Kanye West, normally could be relied on to spice up the duller patches, but the riffs either sound recycled or, more disturbingly, like Herb Alpert-era smooth jazz. (Not a positive trend for this or any other genre.) Jay-Z may yet have more to say, but he doesn't say it here...
...YORK CITY - Tickets to a Broadway show - Pre-theater dinner at Asian-fusion eatery Asiate with sommelier selections - Tickets to the Metropolitan Opera - Commemorative iPod loaded with New York City tunes - Tickets to Jazz at Lincoln Center - Helicopter service...