Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...longer just a music genre. It has become a way of life. It permeates all parts of North American culture: the way we speak, dress and act. In 10 to 20 years, artists like Eminem will be the norm in hip-hop. Urban or street-based music like jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll eventually changes the norm, and what is mainstream today was once considered street territory. It has always been the place in which new music begins. Keeping your ear to the street will always put you one step ahead of what is to come. KEISHA MCINTOSH Toronto...
...audience, Derrida ran a hand through his hair to straighten it. He talked about how I had made him conscious of his hair. Deconstructionists can't let anything go. At the discussion, someone asked Derrida what kind of music he likes, and he revealed his love for free jazz and told a really long story about how Ornette Coleman once got him to read onstage during a show. "His fans were so unhappy they started booing. It was a very unhappy event. It was a very painful experience," he said. "But it was in the paper the next...
...people in the world, cannot help talking about themselves. The media may be vultures who shove tape recorders at families of murder victims, but the families almost always want to talk. Derrida didn't want to make a movie or talk to TIME or tell people that he likes jazz or that he read at a concert, but he couldn't help it. Despite the fact that he can say whatever he wants in his chosen medium--really hard-to-read books that will be read forever--he still can't stop himself at any given moment...
DIED. ROLAND HANNA, 70, delicate, ceaselessly versatile jazz pianist; of a viral infection of the heart; in Hackensack, N.J. The Detroit native, who was knighted by the Liberian government and went by the title "Sir," studied classical piano before joining Benny Goodman's band in 1958. He went on to work with such diverse musicians as Charles Mingus, Sarah Vaughan and Coleman Hawkins...
...Scandinavia's premier stages for jazz "and related sounds," this old warehouse on the Aker's west bank has live shows each night from Wednesday to Sunday. Brenneriveien...