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CONCERT FOR THE LIFE OF PLANET EARTH, Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, Rio, June 7 Actor Jeremy Irons is the host of this charity event, which features performances by Placido Domingo, Wynton Marsalis and other artists, as well as a fireworks display. The nonpaying public can watch the festivities on large screens flanking the lagoon...
Tuesday: Chris Wynton Henderson...
...WYNTON MARSALIS: SOUL GESTURES IN SOUTHERN BLUE (Columbia). This three-CD series, recorded in 1987 and 1988, is an ambitious exploration of the most basic jazz idiom: the blues. The 18 sides mark Marsalis' transition from aggressive post-'60s modernism to a more sensual, lyrical style that draws on the work of past masters while forging a personal -- and thoroughly contemporary -- sound...
...Shep Deering has a night job herself -- as a musician. She plays a fine jazz piano and sings a supernal jazz ballad. People like Miles Davis, Wynton and Branford Marsalis and Toots Thielemans play along with her. She also has a brand-new album that is hovering near the top of the Billboard jazz chart. You Won't Forget Me is the title. It may also be read as an unconditional guarantee: Shirley Horn is indelible...
SHIRLEY HORN: YOU WON'T FORGET ME (Verve). Her voice is sultry, voluptuous, plaintive; her piano work both driving and delicate. Combine them with brilliant backing by the likes of Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis (separate tracks, please), and you get one of the most exciting performances by a jazz singer since the heyday of the late Sarah Vaughan...