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In my late teens I used to regular spend weekend nights at Studio Rivbea at 24 Bond street. Rivers would play quite often with Dave Holland and Barry...&lt;br/&gt;
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Sylvia Levine Leitch interviews longtime jazz producer and presenter Todd Barkan about his life in...&lt;br/&gt;
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By the time of his death in 1991, trumpeter Miles Davis had lived several jazz lives.Throughout a career spanning 50 years,...&lt;br/&gt;
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An opinionated commentary on jazz. ("If It doesn't swing, it's not jazz", trumpeter Woody Shaw)
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Pianist and composer Sir George Shearing has died, at age 91.

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New York - The blind British jazz pianist and composer Sir George Shearing, most famous for his Lullaby of...&lt;br/&gt;
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By Jim HarringtonOakland TribunePosted: 01/28/2011 12:40:54 AM PSTUpdated: 01/28/2011 12:40:55 AM PST

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Wynton Marsalis is teaming up with Eric Clapton to "Play the Blues" at two concerts in New York this...&lt;br/&gt;
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