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Arturo Sandovals Mambo Mania Big Band at Dimitrious Jazz Alley in Seattle
 The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents multi Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval with his Mambo Mania Big Band for four nights, February 21 – 24, 2008. Set times Thursday through Saturday are at 7:30pm and 9:30pm and set time on Sunday is at 7:30pm. Doors will open at 6pm on Thursday and 5:30pm Friday – Sunday. Arturo Sandoval is the king of Latin jazz and one of...
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UN World Autism Day: Autism Song creates history in UK Parliament
 London, UK - 'Open Every Door,' the song for autism has created parliamentary history in London. It became the first song for autism ever to be highlighted in the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster. Leading British parliamentarian, the MP for Edmonton, Andy Love created history by tabling an early day motion on 'Open Every Door,' the song for autism - EDM 999 is now in Hansard and parliamentarians of all parties are...
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Features
The word "chanteuse" may have been coined for Canada's Krall, who has emerged as one of the preeminent jazz voices of our era--mostly by her mastery of a bygone one. On "The Very Best," the singer slinks and sashays through more than a decade's worth of reinvigorated standards.
Seventies rock-inspired ladies' man Josh Rouse found a few minutes out of his busy tour schedule to stop by Studio C. He treated us to solo acoustic versions of "Hollywood Bass Player" and "Sweetie" from his latest album, Country Mouse City House.
While some guys try to impress girls with lines like "I didn't know angels flew so low," James Blunt simply sings "you're beautiful." That genius pick-up line scored him supermodel Petra Nemcova and turned him into a rock star overnight. His latest, "All the Lost Souls," continues with the romance.
Before Pink Floyd became '70s prog-rock heroes, they were Swingin' London's most interesting psychedelic pop group. Newly reissued with a CD of bonus tracks, the Syd Barrett-led "Piper," their debut, still stuns like it did then: as the most darkly grown-up children's lullabies anyone's ever heard.
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