Hints and tips:
...Vocalist Loria gave a shy R&B rendition of “Forever Mine”, from Sparks’s current release....
...He fell in love with the drums after hearing Chico Hamilton and taught himself to play by listening to records by Johnny Dodds, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and other jazz giants....
...He moved to London, though, just as many jazz gigs were switching to R&B. “The Marquee Club, then in Oxford Street, [used to have] jazz seven nights a week.”...
...Later in the set, slinky Latin jazz turns to piano-trio swing and that operatic voice takes on both Puccini and Ellington....
...The repertoire includes Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady”, “Tickle Toe”, a Basie warhorse, and the mambo-to-swing “Bahia”....
...Students qualify for Chicago’s fully-funded Star Scholarship if they get a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher — roughly equivalent to a B grade....
...Potter growled out R&B sax, the band played the blues and Hussain’s vocals added Indian flavours to the timbres of rock and roll....
...Later, Monk’s “Ask Me Now” followed a similar path and there were two blues, the first a tenor sax honk, the second a boogie-stop shuffle finale that morphed into Shepp convincingly singing the late B.B....
...Forrest conceived his three-verse blues during a stint with the Duke Ellington Orchestra....
...August 5, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, then touring The artist otherwise known as Joan Wasser is touring her new album The Classic, in which the US singer-songwriter revisits the sounds of 1960s soul and R&B...
...Not that there was any shortage of unreconstructed R&B, as exemplified by Lalah Hathaway’s early evening set....
...On the opening night, the 100 Club’s stage was filled with Pete Long’s 17-piece orchestra, Echoes of Ellington....
...[Design company] Moroso uses artisans in Senegal for its ‘M’Afrique’ furniture collection and for B&B [Italia] with designer Patricia Urquiola’s chairs....
...Giorgio Busnelli, 53, is the chairman and chief executive of contemporary furniture manufacturer B&B Italia....
...He was fired as CEO of a-b glöbâl in 2007, after he was arrested on a charge of insider dealing....
...And b) just because I reside in the ethics space does not mean that I can’t have feelings towards the fairer sex, esp when they are as fair as your good self!! Please can I see you one more time??...
...I am NOT having an affair with Janice. She made it all up because she’s got a personality disorder …How can you think I’d go for Janice anyway when I have a beauty like yourself at home?...
...He initially shot to fame for rebranding the US-based global group A&B as a-b glöbâl. The revolutionary use of accents was subsequently copied by Arthur Andersen in its rebranding as Accenture....
...A spokesperson yesterday confirmed that it has retained IF, an “Integethical” consultancy, founded by Martin Lukes, former CEO of a-b glöbâl....
...I hope you don’t think this unsupportive – I shared the same thought with Gordon B after “bigotgate”!...
...Janice suddenly felt faint as the lift doors opened and I caught her in my arms. Apparently, she’s diabetic …HTH, Martin...
...Duke Ellington and Charlie Mingus. How do you relax? I don’t. I haven’t really been relaxed since 1979. But I try to relax by reading. Playing football helped too, until I blew both my knees....
...“It was written for alto, which means I had to put in B flat. He was like, ‘man you got an hour to put it in B flat.’ He was a serious dude.”...
...On Friday May 1, the veteran South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela will combine the exuberant and the elegiac with his trademark mix of township jazz, American R’n’B and pensive trumpet....
...On the road to Thom and Janice Stoudemire’s house, gravel crunches beneath our car tyres, indicating that we have reached the end of the state-maintained road....
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