Word: jazzing
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DIED. NOBLE (THIN MAN) WATTS, 78, blues and jazz saxophonist whose booming tenor influenced music legends from King Curtis to Bruce Springsteen sideman Clarence Clemons; in Deland, Fla. In the 1950s he led the house band at boxer Sugar Ray Robinson's New York City lounge and went on rock-'n'-roll tours with Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis. He also released a string of hit singles, including Hard Times (the Slop...
DIED. ELMER BERNSTEIN, 82, composer who created both jazzy and gentle scores for more than 200 Hollywood films over 50 years; in Ojai, Calif. He composed the muscular jazz scores for such '50s films as The Man with the Golden Arm and Sweet Smell of Success; worked in a more delicate, bluer key for films like To Kill a Mockingbird and Far From Heaven; and created the familiar, oft heard themes for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. His only Oscar came for his score (but not the songs) for Thoroughly Modern Millie...
...DIED. ELMER BERNSTEIN, 82, composer who created both jazzy and gentle scores for more than 200 Hollywood films over 50 years; in Ojai, California. Bernstein composed the muscular jazz scores for such '50s films as The Man With the Golden Arm and Sweet Smell of Success; worked in a more delicate, bluer key for films like To Kill a Mockingbird and Far From Heaven; and created the familiar, oft-heard themes for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. His only Oscar came for his score (but not the songs) to Thoroughly Modern Millie...
DIED. DON TOSTI, 81, hard-driving bandleader who inspired a Latin-music craze in the '40s with the tune Pachuco Boogie; in Palm Springs, Calif. Originally a violinist for the El Paso Symphony, he played bass in jazz combos led by Jimmy Dorsey and Jack Teagarden. But it was his fusion of boogie, blues, swing and Latin beats that propelled him to become the first Latin artist to sell a million records...
...tiny shop is so tightly packed with its 150,000 records that customers have to shuffle sideways around the store. The catalog is eclectic and includes Korean folk collections from the 1950s, live Nat King Cole recordings, Eddie Murphy stand-up albums as well as a jumble of jazz, classical...