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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...well-worn jazz riff: superb player, been around forever but known mostly to musicians and insiders. Andrew Hill almost fit the bill. Over his 50-year career, he was lauded as a groundbreaking pianist and composer. And yet he was often overlooked by mainstream audiences, which focused on contemporaries like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins. But Hill refused to fade. His 2006 album, Time Lines, earned him album-of-the-year honors from Down Beat magazine. Hill, who performed just three weeks before his death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 7, 2007 | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

Ideal Date: Something spontaneous like skydiving, standup comedy, and dancing at a jazz club?...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Julia Gudish | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...Jazz Week Catch the last weekend of “Jazz Week” and commemorate Duke Ellington’s birthday. Sax diva Grace Kelly will be playing at Borders in Back Bay. 511 Boylston St., Boston. Saturday, 7 p.m. Free! Rock On Do you like cheap concerts? The Casual Fiasco and The Brew are playing at Best of Boston’s Paradise Rock Club and Lounge. Rock on. 967-969 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Friday. $10 Jazz it Up! Give your ears a rest after Third Eye Blind with jazz-latin fusion vocalist Marta Gomez at the nearby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Get Out! | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

Murray is a 90-year-old novelist and poet widely known for his commentary on jazz and American culture. The center awards the medal each year for “contributions to African or African American studies,” according to Du Bois Institute Manager of Events and Publications Dell M. Hamilton...

Author: By Caroline A. Bleeke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DuBois Award Honors Cultural Critic | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...residency included “A Conversation with Eddie Palmieri” on April 13, moderated by host of WBUR-FM’s “¡Con Salsa!” José Massó, and a concert in Sanders Theatre with the Harvard Jazz Band and guest artist Brian Lynch. The Office of the Arts recognized Palmieri for his immense contribution to the formation of the Latin jazz genre by mapping traditional Latin dance beats into an American jazz context. “When I started, there was no Latin Jazz category, and I took...

Author: By Rachel M. Green, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Latin Jazz Pioneer Visits Campus | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

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