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    February 8, 2012

    The Grammys' 53 Record Of The Year Winners, In Order

    53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>

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    January 19, 2012

    Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.

    Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>

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    July 27, 2011

    Frank Foster, R.I.P.

    via Jazz Legacy Films​ Saxophonist, flautist, composer, arranger and educator Frank Foster died on Tuesday in his Chesapeake, Va., home. Born in Cincinnati on September 21, 1928, Foster's early jazz career was primarily in the Midwest, where he played tenor and soprano saxophone as a studen ... More >>

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    August 19, 2010

    Jake Zavracky of Lowlands Talks Happy Hour, Booze in Beer & the Allure of Miller Lite

    zavracky.comJake Zavracky​Jake Zavracky is living the dream: tending bar by day and making music by night. Or is it the other way around? In any case, when he's behind the bar at Lowlands, the beer garden that opened in Gowanus earlier this year, he aims to please. What's on tap that's season ... More >>

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    Pure Percussive Pleasure

    Kenny and Louie's joyous retro reboots dominate clubs and living rooms alike

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    September 21, 2004

    The Caribbean Tinge

    Thoughtful, passionate jazz musicians feel around a big world, and an old one as well

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    December 3, 2002

    Christmas Gilt

    A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

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    Viva Cuba Y Senegal

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    Coldplay Sizzles

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    Roto-Roots Rock Flushes Your Troubles Down the Drain

    John Hammond’s Best and Brightest

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    March 9, 1999

    Jaki Byard, 1922­1999

    John Hammond’s Best and Brightest

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    Fox on the Run

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    January 26, 1999

    The Beats Go On

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    June 9, 1998

    Big Burritos

    John Hammond’s Best and Brightest

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    April 21, 1998

    Consumer Guide

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