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Ellen, Gene and Vince (Fri, 26 Jul 2024)
Last week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed the great Ellen Burstyn for my House Call column in the Mansion section (go here). The actress was in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (for which she won an Oscar), The...       Related Stories Mike, Buddy and Anthony Backgrounder: Miles Davis - 'Miles Ahead,' 1957 Eddie Wasserman: The Small Groups  
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Backgrounder: Miles Davis - 'Miles Ahead,' 1957 (Thu, 25 Jul 2024)
Miles Davis's Miles Ahead: Miles +19 for Columbia is one of jazz's most exquisite orchestral albums. Recorded in May and August of 1957, the LP was arranged by Gil Evans, who, with Davis, selected nine jazz songs plus an Evans-Davis...       Related Stories Kelsey, Anthony and Julia Perfection: Miles Davis on 'A Gal in Calico'  
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Perfection: Dave Brubeck - 'The Duke' (Wed, 24 Jul 2024)
Dave Brubeck first recorded his composition The Duke during a live performance at New York's Basin Street East on October 13, 1954. His quartet at the time consisted of Paul Desmond (as), Dave Brubeck (p), Bob Bates (b) and Joe...       
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