Troppo, flutist, Adams coming to Heyde Center Aug 22, 2008
Offering classics from the 40s and 50s, Troppo brings back the magical memories of music by such artists as Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Benny Goodman. Admission is 8 for adults, 7 for seniors and 4 for students. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Mondavi legacy lives on in Napa Valley Aug 8, 2008
She sees the lawn where Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman performed on summer evenings, and she sees the Spanish Colonial archway that appears on the label of each bottle from the Robert Mondavi Winery. Her husband, Robert Mondavi, was Napa Valley's most successful and influential vintner. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Free Arnie Mig Concert; A Howard Beach Tradition Aug 1, 2008
Mig recreated the best music of the 40s at his most recent concert, performing the tunes of Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman, Glen Miller and Tommy Dorsey. Mig s career began during World War II, when he played in the Navy Seabees Band. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Summer Nights at the Great Park Jul 23, 2008
FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTIES Derek Bordeaux - Aug. 8 Rhythm & blues band covers Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, all the greats Mike McCaffrey Trio - Aug. 15 Piano/vocal trio does Sinatra and Nat King Cole Johnny Polanco y Conjunto Armistad - Aug. 22 LA's best salsa band -- horns, vibes, vocals, everything Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Aug. 29 Roots, rockabilly and Western swing Eve Selis - Sept. 5 Queen of the roadhouse rockers Los Pinguos - Sept. 12 Winners on Ed McMahon's "The Next Big Star",... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
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Queens Chronicle - Stanford Dance Studio Has ‘Gone Wild’ In 2008. Tuesday July 15, 2008. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Stanford Dance Studio Has ‘Gone Wild’ In 2008 Jul 13, 2008
Sunday July 13, 2008. Stanford Dance Studio Has Gone Wild In 2008 07/10/2008. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
200,000 Records Donated to School Jul 6, 2008
Savada's favorite music was big band, especially Benny Goodman and Jimmy Dorsey, Elias Savada said. Although he couldn't read sheet music, Morton Savada could play songs by ear on the piano, he said. (Time.com)
Concert series starts Monday (16) Jul 5, 2008
Clarinetist Michael Almich leads a quartet in the sounds of the 1930s and 1940s, influenced by the musical greats of those years such as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Eddie Daniels and Bob Draga. July 21: Misty River. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
When American music was a 'sonic weapon' in the cold war Jun 30, 2008
Benny Goodman in '62, blowing his clarinet in Red Square. Duke Ellington in '63, smoking a hookah at Ctesiphon in Iraq. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Mimsi Harbach, 87; former wife, partner of columnist George Frazier Jun 27, 2008
The wives of Benny Goodman and John Steinbeck were godmothers to their two sons. As George saw it, he and Mimsi were a perfect match. (Boston Globe)
Del E. Webb Center announces season Jun 19, 2008
The Phoenix Symphony will also play a Sunday matinee concert BIG Big Band: Jazz at the Symphony with music from Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington. The young jazz crooner Matt Dusk will also stop by the Webb Center on his national tour promoting his latest album Back in Town. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
Community Band cued up Jun 17, 2008
Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and others created this classic genre in the 1930s and 40s, and the MCB keeps swinging in 2008. A full rhythm section of drums, string bass, guitar and piano join in to lay down a solid groove to get the feet moving. (Beacon Villager, MA)
This week's DVD report (June 15) Jun 15, 2008
Of the five films, "The Gang's All Here" is the least painful to watch, primarily because of a higher brand of supporting cast (Edward Everett Horton, Benny Goodman and his band) and director Busby Berkeley's acid-trip set d cor. Berkeley was no better at integrating Miranda into his film's plot, but he cedes center stage to her for two of the film's biggest production numbers, the opening, "Brazil," and the fruit-themed "Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat," which has Miranda decorated with an array... (Boston Globe)
Flow gently, sweet rhythm: The Maxine Sullivan story Jun 15, 2008
For some reason, none of the sources I consulted mentioned her work with Benny Goodman at the famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, where she did that piece. If you will buy the best and most complete recording (and I urge you to do so it s on Sony C2K 65143 Benny Goodman At Carnegie Hall 1938 - Complete, and accept no other recording than this one), you ll notice that the applause for her rendition is the longest of any piece they did that night. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Hef keeps swinging at 30th Playboy Jazz Fest Jun 12, 2008
The inaugural 1979 Playboy Jazz Festival packed the Hollywood Bowl for both days with a lineup that featured some of Hefner's favorite artists such as Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton and Count Basie as well as contemporary jazz stars like Weather Report, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Hefner took the stage on opening night to announce that what had been planned as a one-time anniversary celebration would become an annual event. (MSNBC -- Music)
Under the Stars Festival features pop, jazz and Shakespeare Jun 11, 2008
The Lobster Big Band features the music of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones and new arrangements. Led by arranger and keyboardist James King Salmon Lafferty, the big band is comprised of fives saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones and a rhythm section that performs everything from 40s swing to hot Latin and salsa. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Krupa Orchestra to perform Jun 7, 2008
He was a member of the Benny Goodman Orchestra, where his drum work was featured especially on the hit song Sing, Sing, Sing. In 1938, Krupa formed his own band and had several hits, including successes with other performers such as Anita O Day and trumpeter Roy Eldridge. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Reflections on the Rusty Skippers Jun 6, 2008
I wish I was articulate enough to express how it feels when we play a Benny Goodman swing tune and Eric Oddleifson is Benny Goodman, or how the two piccolo players do that part in Stars and Stripes Forever, so familiar to us from the Boston Pops. I look around the room and see the most wonderful collection of people, playing because they love music. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Big band fills school courtyard with music Jun 5, 2008
The 20-piece jazz band, consisting of six saxophones, four trombones, four trumpets, guitar, bass, piano, drums, and male and female vocalists, entertained the crowd with swinging sounds from artists such as Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman. "We've always tried to do live music-based things in Dover," Rand said. (Henrietta Post, NY)
THE YOU DOCS Jun 4, 2008
If you turn your player up to 70 percent on the volume, it doesn't matter if you're swinging to Benny Goodman or jamming with Ludacris: You're in the 90 decibel range, which is exactly like having a lawnmower, truck traffic or a subway roaring directly into your ears. And if you try to block those sounds with music, or just crank up Usher during a workout, your ears take even more of a pounding. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Around the Square -- The Great State of Illinois Jun 4, 2008
Other people of note from Illinois include Everett Dirksen, U.S. senator from Pekin; Walt Disney, animator and producer; Dan Fogelberg, singer and songwriter; Betty Friedan, feminist; Benny Goodman, musician; John Gunther, author; Ernest Hemmingway, author; Charton Heston, actor; Wild Bill Hickok, scout; Burl Ives, singer; Bob Newhart, actor and comedian; Ronald Reagan, former president and actor; McLean Stevenson, actor; Alfred Wallenstein, conductor; Opra Winfrey, television show host and... (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Earle Hagen, at 88; composed music for 'Andy Griffith' May 29, 2008
Mr. Hagen - who composed the jazz standard "Harlem Nocturne" and was a former big-band trombonist for Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Ray Noble - died Monday night at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. said his wife, Laura. (Boston Globe)
Earle Hagen, 88, composed famous TV tunes May 29, 2008
He went to Hollywood High School, where he played baritone and trombone, and left home at 16 to travel with big bands, eventually appearing with Ray Noble, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey. In 1939, while on the road with the Noble band, he wrote "Harlem Nocturne," an homage (originally with lyrics by Dick Rogers but most often played as an instrumental) to Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges, which would become a jazz standard, and more than 40 years later he used it as the theme song for "Mike... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Earle Hagen, 88, wrote 'Andy Griffith' tune May 29, 2008
He played trombone with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey and arranged for and played with Ray Noble's orchestra. He and Dick Rogers wrote "Harlem Nocturne" for Noble in 1939. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Around the Square - Music! Live music, that is! May 28, 2008
The concerts have always been enjoyed by the members, as was the last concert, Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee. This is the last week that anyone can buy memberships in Canton's Community Concerts. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Progressions dance concert leaps into 25th year May 17, 2008
Music for the evening ranges from Roisin Murphy and Frou Frou to Benny Goodman and Bollywood. In addition, four seniors will present a collaboratively choreographed dance to live music by a student string quartet. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Concert Association to present ‘A Tribute to Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee’ May 17, 2008
Concert Association to present A Tribute to Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee ... The Canton Community Concert Association in cooperation with Regal Artists Corporation will presents A Tribute to Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee at 7:30 p.m. on May 17 at the Canton High School Auditorium ... In March 1937, Benny Goodman played the Paramount Theatre in New York City. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Teasing glimpse inside the bedroom doesn't satisfy May 16, 2008
The first, Song Telling, is not so much a play as performance poetry: King has written various stream-of-consciousness monologues timed to be spoken over recorded tunes by the likes of Debussy, Benny Goodman and Beethoven. It's not a technique I expect to spread widely. (Globe and Mail)
Cornet Chop Suey comes to the lake May 17 May 9, 2008
Hailing from New Jersey, Schaumburg said the group is a top Benny Goodman swing band. They really are becoming popular and being booked at jazz festivals around the nation,' he said. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Vocalist to perform jazz musician's piece Apr 21, 2008
Yoder said the concert will also feature tunes popularized by John Coltrane, Benny Goodman and Stan Kenton in addition to an original composition of his, called "I Like Pie.". He said the title comes from his grandson, who replies to questions he doesn't want to answer with the phrase. (Daily Collegian, PA)
With a tic toc sound, listeners knew the band Apr 13, 2008
You knew Guy Lombardo s sound from the first two or three notes, the same with Benny Goodman or Glenn Miller. Each had its own style and, for the lesser lights, its own gimmick. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Friends forever ... and then some Apr 13, 2008
The shows remind them of nights long ago when they danced to Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Sammy Kaye. "I led," Belva says. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Now for a Benny Goodman number Apr 9, 2008
rhead and Benny Goodman. Back at End of Life Vehicles, some cars are waiting to have their flammable fluids drained before being scrapped. (Guardian Unlimited)
Talk of the Town: The sunny side of the street Apr 2, 2008
It s been played, usually as an instrumental, by such greats as Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Errol Garner, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie. Frankie Laine had a hit with his recording, and the song also was recorded by other leading vocalists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
My life in lyrics Apr 1, 2008
The quiet titan of the American music business, Johnny Mercer sang with big bands from Paul Whiteman through to Benny Goodman before, as the founder of Capitol, he became one of the formative talent scouts. Of the countless songs he wrote with Harold Arlen, none beats this one. (Guardian Unlimited)
A mecca for musiciansCity's stringed heritage on display this weekend Mar 27, 2008
Before Gibson relocated to Nashville in 1984, the Kalamazoo plant produced instruments played by many of the famous rock, country, jazz and blues performers -- from Charlie Christian (first famous electric guitarist with the Benny Goodman Orchestra) to Woody Guthrie, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton and B.B. King. Les Paul, of course, designed his own Gibson, the solid body electric that was a huge seller. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
"The Yeats Game" Mar 26, 2008
Tuesday Herb Pomeroy remembered at Berklee Herb Pomeroy's chops on the trumpet were his passport to every corner of the jazz world, from backing Ella Fitzgerald to sharing a bill with the likes of Benny Goodman to teaching at Berklee before it was known as Berklee. On Tuesday, Berklee memorializes Pomeroy (right) the musician and honors his four decades of teaching with a tribute concert featuring more jazz luminaries than we can list here. (Boston Globe)
'Easy on the ears' jazz concert March 26 Mar 21, 2008
"We'll play a lot of swing stuff, like Benny Goodman when he was with Lionel Hampton," Howard said. "It'll be mellow, easy on the ears," he added, "but feet will surely tap to the rhythm.". (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
Talk of the Town: Ah! The smell of corned beef and cabbage!! Mar 16, 2008
The band s library has grown to more than 400 orchestrations, including arrangements played by such great bands as Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. In choosing programs for dances and concerts, the band focuses on standard tunes which audiences will know well, and they will select special arrangements which add interest and demand more of the musicians. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Remembering some great musical films Mar 9, 2008
Featuring the All-American Dance Band with Charlie Barnet, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Jack Jenny, Gene Krupa, Alvino Rey, Joe Venuti. Jam Session, headlined as The year s biggest thing in swing. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Thinking about ‘Old Records’ Mar 2, 2008
It is really pretty good; the clarinet solos are reminiscent of Benny Goodman s when he recorded with Ben Selvin in 1931. When I started to search, I was sure there would be nothing about this long-forgotten song. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Shifting Gears Mar 2, 2008
A few of the tunes that had music fans humming: "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie; "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman; "They Can't Take That Away From Me" performed by Fred Astaire. Oscar winners that year include "The Life of Emile Zola" for best picture; Spencer Tracy in "Captains Courageous" for best actor; and Luise Rainer in "The Good Earth" for best actress. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
More of this story Mar 1, 2008
Ernie Vargas wore a gray suit and came because he loves the music of the '30s - Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and Billie Holiday. "I watched old classic movies when I was a boy. I thought, 'I'm going to dress that way,'" Vargas said. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Students realize they’re in tune with Dallas Brass Feb 28, 2008
Performing the sounds of Leonard Bernstein, Benny Goodman and more, Dallas Brass has appeared on television and at symphony orchestras throughout the nation. And about 10 years ago, the group began to put on educational clinics at schools. (Scranton Times, PA)
NCRT cast, production team overcome rough spots, fairy-tale end Feb 27, 2008
In a clever twist, Luessmann opens Act II with an American hybrid of the two forms, a klezmer-flavored Benny Goodman piece called Mazel (Yiddish for luck). Speaking of luck, one may balk at the romanticism of imagining that anyone might survive a concentration camp with Lusia's strength and nobility of spirit. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hurricane endangers Louisiana's musical heritage (1) Feb 24, 2008
He played with both Dorsey Brothers, Pete Fountain and Benny Goodman. His Top 40 hits "Java," "Cotton Candy" and "Sugar Lips" were AM radio standards. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
People like Joe Ulman, a founder of the local Big Band, are the fabric of our society Feb 19, 2008
This cool cat of a drummer, who helped keep alive the music of Count Basie and Benny Goodman, was adamant about keeping his name in the background of anything I wrote. But Ulman was enthusiastic about a story. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Daddy its coming, its coming, its coming Feb 19, 2008
The cars were filled with the music of Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney. And conversations. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Canadian folksinger Willie P. Bennett dies Feb 18, 2008
More than a dozen recording artists, including the estates of jazz legends Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Benny Goodman, have launched a lawsuit against Universal Music Group. Iranian officials have formally demanded the Dutch government stop the screening of a film in the Netherlands about the Mulsim holy book that was produced by a politician. (CBC.ca)
Music greats and their estates sue Universal over royalties Feb 17, 2008
The plaintiffs include Patti Page, and the estates of Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Benny Goodman and the Mills Brothers. The lawsuit, filed late Thursday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, says Universal Music and one of its subsidiaries have pervasively and systematically breached agreements with the artists by using accounting tricks since at least 1998. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
More celebrity news Feb 16, 2008
Royalty suit by some of music's royalty The estates of some of American music's biggest names, including Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and Sarah Vaughan, have sued Universal Music Group Inc. for more than $6 million, claiming it has been cheating them out of royalties for years. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of some living artists, claims the company withheld record royalties, engaged in lucrative self-serving schemes with record clubs, and suppressed payments from digital distributors such as... (Boston Globe)
Music Greats Sue for Back Royalties Feb 16, 2008
The plaintiffs include Patti Page, and the estates of Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Benny Goodman and the Mills Brothers. Top Technology ce stories. (ABC News -- Wire)
Roadkill Quintet to perform Tuesday Feb 16, 2008
They will present pieces by Mozart, Bach and Paganini to start out with but watch out as they swing into Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman and others. Members of the Roadkill Clarinet quintet are Russ Coleman, Jim Gai, Steve Litwiller, John Patterson and Mark Smith. (Moberly Monitor-Index, MO)
Business Briefs Feb 16, 2008
Refco plea Refco's former chair man, Phillip Bennett, pleaded guilty to fraud, conspiracy and money laundering in a scheme that cost investors at least 2 (New York Post -- Business)
Nikki's Carnegie Hall birthday Feb 11, 2008
Not only was she making her Hall debut on her 14th birthday with a pair of tunes backed by Marvin Hamlisch and the New York Pops, but she was doing so as part of the 70th anniversary celebration of the night in 1938 when both Benny Goodman and jazz itself first came to the venue. And here was Yanofsky, in a sparkly Alice + Olivia dress, carrying a plastic water bottle as she made her way to the microphone. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Ribs & Brisket Revue’ and all that Jewish jazz Feb 8, 2008
Also included in the program is Benny Goodman s 1940s tune My Little Cousin (based on the Yiddish tune Di Grine Kuzine ). Benny Goodman had a young girl singer with his band at that time Peggy Lee who performed this song. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
UNM students must teach arts patrons how to rock Jan 29, 2008
So, I just got back from "Jazz Jazz Jazz," Eddie Daniels' salute to Benny Goodman with New Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Popejoy Hall. It is my feeling that we need to get more UNM students to similar New Mexico Symphony Orchestra events. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
Talk of the Town: Think of your pets, please! Jan 27, 2008
The band s library has grown to more than 400 orchestrations, including many arrangements played by such great bands as Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Glen Miller, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Riding also prides himself in getting great new arrangements of old standard tunes. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Troppo, duo 'Chance' to perform this weekend Jan 26, 2008
Playing classics from the 40s and 50s, they bring back the magical memories of such artists as Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Benny Goodman. Admission is 8 for adults, 7 for seniors, 6 for those under 18, and free for ages five and under. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Lost and found Jan 20, 2008
Consider just the list of biopics: "The Fabulous Dorseys" (with the brothers playing themselves), "The Glenn Miller Story" (James Stewart in the title role), "The Gene Krupa Story" (ditto Sal Mineo), "The Benny Goodman Story" (ditto, uh, Steve Allen). More ambitious but not all that much better is Clint Eastwood's "Bird," about Charlie Parker or "Lady Sings the Blues." The latter isn't so much a Billie Holiday biography as a Diana Ross career move. (Boston Globe)
Coronation of a King: A Tribute to Benny Goodman Jan 18, 2008
Sundance Film Festival. 10 Directors to Watch. (Variety)
Jazz Composer Charles Mingus Jan 16, 2008
That event - which seemed to some to be an overtly political act - has now gone down in jazz lore (in similar fashion to the 1938 Benny Goodman concert at Carnegie Hall) as a seminal moment in the history of jazz, even if the music was at times ragged and ill-formed. Concert or Recording Session. (Suite101.com)
The Age I'm In Jan 10, 2008
Offering the words mostly as a voice-over - sharing a soundtrack with an entertaining selection of music from Benny Goodman to my favourite, Treme Brass Band - gives the performers a chance to move freely without having to worry about speaking. The lip-sync can sometimes add a comic ingredient. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Club 7 brings jazz to Bandon Dec 29, 2007
This band s music is described as traditional jazz jazz in the spirit of the greats Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman and Bob Draga ... Selections to be performed include A Closer Walk, St. James Infirmary, Some of These Days, Sheik of Araby, Battle Hymn of the Republic, a Benny Goodman segment, a New Orleans segment and many more. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Who Cares: Swing shift Dec 29, 2007
A Christmas party that had been postponed a week earlier due to a severe snowstorm was now in full swing as in Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman swing. Last week The Silver Foxes band brought back the 40s in all its musical glory, and as they did many underwent a transformation a swing shift, if you will. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
