Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

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  Dave Brubeck, legend who helped define jazz, dies

  You don't have to be a jazz aficionado to recognize "Take Five," the smoky instrumental by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that instantly evokes swinging ... 

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  Mary Campbell, music writer for the AP, dies at 78

  Mary Campbell, whose childhood affection for the big bands and opera she heard on her radio set the stage for four decades as a music writer for The ... 

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  Ballet meets Valentino at glittery NYCB gala

  One by one, the ballerinas of New York City Ballet made their grand entrances in "Bal de Couture," a new work by Peter Martins, and the glittery crowd ...