Hancock, Herbie (1940—)
Herbie Hancock has forged a career that has pushed the envelope of jazz music and, in doing so, has reached a wider audience than any other jazz musician ever has. His 1...
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Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella," Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; "Wh...
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A belated swinging 70th birthday party with an all-star guest list is planned for Nancy Wilson at this year's JVC Jazz Festival.The pop-jazz songstress, who turned 70 on Feb. 20, won her third Gram...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rap star Kanye West scored a
leading eight nominations for the 50th annual Grammy Awards,
the music industry's highest honors, organizers said
Thursday. British pop/soul si...
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(Reuters) - Following are the nominees in the top
categories for the 50th annual Grammy Awards, the music
industry's highest honors, which will be presented in Los
Angeles Feb. 10. Nominees were ...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Amy Winehouse, the talented British singer
whose career has been stymied by a litany of legal and substance
abuse problems, earned six Grammy nominations...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Amy Winehouse, the talented British retro-soul
singer whose year has been stymied by a litany of legal and substance
abuse problems, earned six Grammy no...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones
and Nancy Wilson were among a star-studded group of performers
who gathered Saturday for a musical farewell to jazz piano
great Oscar Peterson. "He...
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Jan 26 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on February 2 since 1900: 1918 - John L. (Lawrence) Sullivan, U.S. professional boxer,
died; he won the world heavyweight...
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One of the jazz world's foremost learning institutions will move here from Los Angeles, and those involved hope it will ensure the genre has a future in the city where it was born.The Thelonious Mo...
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Vienna (dpa) - Born in a working class Vienna neighbourhood - one
of the most unusual places to bring forth a jazz visionary - Joe
Zawinul was one of the frontrunners of jaz...
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Hancock, Herbie (1940—)
Grammy nominations in top categories
