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[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

It's been eight years since beloved former child star and Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke died from sepsis (a ruptured intestine) at only 69 in 2016. She was also the recipient of two Golden Globes, three Emmys, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the 1960s, she was the star of her own TV sitcom. In the mid-1980s, she served as President of the Screen Actors Guild. Through it all, she was married four times (including once to actor John Austin), had three sons, and never stopped acting. This is her tragic yet triumphant story.

In Memory of Former Child Star and Oscar-winning Actress Patty Duke: 8 Years After Her Tragic Death

The weekly Jazz First podcast series "They Call It Jazz" with 1-hour of brand new releases. This week, 11 tracks featuring jazz and jazz not jazz, that forever-debated so- called genre where the emphasis is not necessarily on improvisation but on the groove. Acid Jazz pioneer Galliano is our featured artist. They're back with a new album Halfway Somewhere after not being in a recording studio for three decades. 'Jazz' is the featured track, a remake from the version recorded on A Joyous Noise Unto The Creator released in 1992. On the page is the official music video for the first single "Circles Going Round The Sun." The album is released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood record label.

Galliano, Andy Hay, Brown Penny, Soren Skov Orbit, And More

Mondo Jazz #300! To celebrate this milestone, a playlist featuring the global sounds which Mondo Jazz listeners have come to expect. Here's to 300 more episodes!. Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00. Tranpe "Lan Gran Chimen" Twa Fey, Twa Rasin (Self-produced) 0:16. Host talks...

Rufus Cappadocia, Sheila Anozier, Hermeto Pascoal, Søren Skov & More

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I can still remember the impression that Ralph Bowen made on a young jazz enthusiast trying to break into radio and be part of the hip jazz crowd. I had decided to get involved with the programming end of a local non-profit arts support organization and on a letter perfect July evening our committee had lined up a double bill that included Kevin Eubanks and the mid '80s collective Out Of The Blue. An hour or so before OTB was set to open the evening's festivities I was helping out backstage when the guys from the band began to gather. Bowen had found a private little spot in some corner and was blowing some of the gutsiest tenor saxophone that I can recall hearing up to that point. It struck a chord and in addition to eventually picking up all of the OTB albums that Blue Note released, I made a point of keeping and eye and ear open for anything else that Bowen might be involved in.

Ralph Bowen: Keep the Change

When it premiered on CBS in January 1971, All in the Familyset a new precedent for realistic quality programming in the area of weekly television comedies. Co-created by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin, the show, which originally ran until 1979, addressed controversial issues never before seen on mainstream sitcoms. No topic was off-limits, from racial disparities to abortion to homosexuality; All in the Family covered it all, and more.

Clash of the TV Icons: 'All in the Family' Star Carroll O'Connor Battled with Creator Norman Lear

A little technology and a lot of imagination can go quite a long way. With an uncanny knack for bending and warping sounds slightly out of phase with the way they sound in the real world, Jon Hassell had a way of turning the trumpet (or indeed any piece of the soundscape) into something nobody had ever heard of on Earth.

Jon Hassell: Maarifa Street

Woodinville, WA

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Seafair is over but it’s still festival and fair season. With good weather forecast for the weekend, it’s perfect for getting out of the house. There are several festivals happening around the region, covering a range of interests, from food and crafts to a logging show.

Wide Range of Festivals This Weekend

Seattle, WA

School may be back in session, but that doesn't mean that summer fun is completely over. After all, the season isn’t technically done until the last day of summer on September 22nd. In the meantime, we’re expecting great weather this weekend, making it perfect for taking the kids out to beat the back to school blues. There’s also plenty going on to keep adults happy.

Big List of Festivals and Family Friendly Events This Weekend

It might seem strange to be considered a veteran when you are in your 30s, but after more than a decade performing and recording with various bands both in the UK and internationally, guitarist Artie Zaitz seems to have become part of the fabric of the UK jazz music scene. He has worked with The Banger Factory, Pee Wee Ellis, Camilla George and Moses Boyd. Zaitz is also a Hammond organ enthusiast, often performing on his 1961 Hammond C-3 organ (aka Big Bertha), as can be heard on Artie Zaitz & Mark Kavuma featuring William Cleasby's album Back To Back (Banger Factory Records, 2022) reviewed here and Jake Long's City Swamp (New Soil, 2024) reviewed here.

Artie Zaitz: The Regulator

All About Jazz has been a pioneer in the jazz world since MCMXCV. We love being the first to try new things and we're long known for adopting emerging technologies. From being the first and only jazz website with a theme song to now, being the first jazz website to use AI. Thanks to AAJ's Scott Lichtman, we've found the perfect application for our AI buddy, DIG 9000. This clever chatbot, powered by Chetty (see below) will answer questions, suggest links, and be my tech and customer support sidekick. I'm excited about it as it means I can focus more on the "chief" and "cook" responsibilities and leave the "bottlewasher" duties to DIG.

The Dawn of DIG

"Longing" is the second single from the upcoming album of Hyeonseon Baek. It sings hope with Baek's Mellow vocal, floating with the pianist Kevin Hays's piano, and Bassist Linda May Han Oh and Drummer Jochen Rueckert put their gentle, rhythmic charms on it. In the later part of the song, Baek does the expressive scat over the closing vamp.

Longing by Hyeonseon Baek

It's been two decades since beloved actor Brian Kelly died of pneumonia at 73 in 2005. Best known as Porter Ricks in the classic TV family show Flipper(NBC, 1964-1967), Kelly had once suffered a paralyzing motorcycle accident that ended his acting career. However, he rechanneld his creative talent and became a producer. This is his story.

The Paralyzing Accident & Tragic Death of TV's 'Flipper' Father Brian Kelly: Two Decades Later

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Get ready, because you're invited to the "best late summer beach party in New England!" The Endless Summer Waterfront Festival, hosted by the Hull Nantasket Chamber of Commerce, is just around the corner and promises to be an event you won't want to miss. Taking place on Saturday, September 7, 2023, this event celebrates the last days of summer and the vibrant community of Hull.

Live Music, Family Fun & More: This Waterfront Festival Has It All!

Today, the Spotlight shines On JUNO Award-winning oud player and guitarist Gordon Grdina. Gordon's work defies limitations, be they geographical, distance, time, or genre. His music incorporates avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, indie rock, and the Arabic tradition. So much music, so many collaborators, and so much ground to cover in...

Gordon Grdina: The Axe Man Cutting Down Borders

Even though he was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, saxophonist and educator Eyal Vilner is well-versed in the origins and history of American jazz, especially as they pertain to the Swing Era, big bands and the largely black jazz experience in Harlem and elsewhere. Those interests converge on Swingin' Uptown, on which Vilner's excellent big band swings its way through sixteen impressive charts, several of which were inspired by Harlem's remarkble jazz narrative.

Eyal Vilner Big Band: Swingin' Uptown

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Jose and Aurora Rodriguez founded La Serenata in 1985 in Boyle Heights. That was a pivotal era in L.A.’s Mexican food community, and Jose Rodriguez's culinary pursuits led him to become a pioneer in rejecting the “combination plate” standard laden with soggy tacos and burritos.

This Pioneering Mexican Restaurant Was One of the First in L.A. to Reject ‘Combination Plates’ In 1985. Now, They Are Struggling to Stay Open

An eclectic mix of new music on this edition of the show with guitars and pianos featuring. This international mix of music also includes and introduces a band that describe themselves as "minimalist rock" but whose compositions are influenced by bands that merged rock and jazz in their output. They are called Tekrar Eden and are from Sheffield U.K. , the duo offer a fresh perspective to the World of Jazz..

Cariglino, Tekrar Eden, Satya & More

Wayne Shorter never rested on his or anyone's laurels. So when at the start of this perilous century he convened his great, late-stage quartet with pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade it wasn't to take the bandstand and placate audience and skeptics with greatest hits or refurbished takes on old standards. It was to create new and now again, just as he had with Art Blakey (1959-19630), Miles Davis (1964-1970), and Weather Report (1971-1986).

Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1

This article was transcribed from a March 21, 2021 interview on the Mister Radio show. Marshall Katzman: You're listening to Mister Radio, and I'm your host, Marshall. Today's guest has won six Grammy Awards and eight Grammy nominations, including an award for Best Album Notes for Bird, the complete Charlie Parker on Verve. Frank Foster has called him a walking jazz history book. Early in his career, he managed the Basie alumni band, The Countsmen, and for 17 years, ran the jazz at the West End Jazz Room on Broadway and 114th Street in New York City. He attended Columbia University, and during his freshman year began broadcasting jazz on the Columbia University radio station, WKCR-FM, and has been a radio broadcaster ever since. The jazz critic Stanley Crouch once wrote that, quote, there is no person in America more dedicated to any art form than today's guest is to jazz. He is the Mr. Memory of jazz, and as with the Mr. Memory character in The Thirty-Nine Steps, the Hitchcock movie, there are those who think he ought to be shot. He can get on your nerves, but then you can get on his. It is my honor to introduce today's guest, Phil Schaap.

Phil Schaap: Talking Technology and More

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Brilliant ECM Luminessence Series Shines New Light On Classic Vinyl

The ECM label has steadfastly followed its own vision, perhaps best summed up by its motto: 'the most beautiful sound next to silence.' The Luminessence series...

Brilliant ECM Luminessence Series Shines New Light On Classic Vinyl

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