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Jazz Pioneer George Russell Dead at 86

Matt Cantor — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:28:22 CDT

Jazz innovator George Russell died at 86 yesterday in Boston of Alzheimer’s complications, the Globe reports. Russell developed a jazz theory that played a key role on landmark records like Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme . Russell’s theory “gives you a lot more freedom and...

Beyoncé, Bono, Boss Headline Inaugural Show

Jason Farago — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:00:00 CST

Two days before Barack Obama becomes president, 19 musicians will kick off the inaugural festivities with a free public concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Bruce Springsteen, Bono, and Beyoncé will perform alongside jazz legend Herbie Hancock and opera superstar Renée Fleming, Billboard reports. The concert, called We Are...

Winehouse Sweeps Grammys

Jane Yager — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:18:00 CST

Troubled Brit Amy Winehouse was the big winner at last night's Grammys, taking five awards for her album Rehab and beaming in to perform via satellite from Britain, where she's in rehab. The upset of the night was 67-year-old Herbie Hancock's win for best album.

Grammy Nominations Revealed

Jonas Oransky — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:44:01 CST

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse lead the field in Grammy Award nominations, announced today. West scored eight nods, but only Winehouse and the Foo Fighters landed in both the record-of-the-year and album-of-the-year categories, AP reports. It's been a tough go lately for West and Winehouse (six nominations): The rapper's mother...