http://www.mail.com/people/114506-john-coltrane.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/114506-john-coltrane.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1813972-playwright-rise-quiara-alegria-hudes.html NEW YORK (AP) — It's a virtual law, maybe even a commandment, of all literature classes: Write what you know. Don't forget to write what you know. Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes agrees — up to a point. Hudes, a rising, genre-shaking talent at just 35, has no qualms about setting a scene in Jordan or Japan — places she's never visited — as long as they ar... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1813972-playwright-rise-quiara-alegria-hudes.html 2013-01-11T15:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1779134-hundreds-honor-ravi-shankar-california-memorial.html ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of friends and family on Thursday remembered sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar as an unfailingly generous teacher with a gentle spirit and sense of humor whose music fostered understanding between East and West. Olivia Harrison said Shankar helped her late husband George Harrison achieve a more meaningful life when he was a you... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1779134-hundreds-honor-ravi-shankar-california-memorial.html 2012-12-20T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1776794-review-high-res-music-player-ups-audio-ante.html ATLANTA (AP) — It's hard to make headlines with a portable music player these days. It's old hat by now to carry around thousands of songs in your hip pocket, whether on an iPod or a smartphone. But there's been a price for portability. You are listening to your favorite music delivered only after a host of technology has diminished the resolution of the ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1776794-review-high-res-music-player-ups-audio-ante.html 2012-12-19T16:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The walls of Sanjay Sharma's music shop are lined with gleaming string instruments and old photographs of legendary musicians. Beatles George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Indian classicial musicians Zakir Hussain, Shiv Kumar Sharma and Vishwamohan Bhatt. And the man who brought these two very different musical worlds together... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html 2012-12-14T05:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music over an eight-decade career. He was a hippie musical icon of the 1960s. H... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html 2012-12-12T03:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753332-lenox-lounge-jazz-landmark-to-close-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Lenox Lounge, a cabaret in New York City's Harlem neighborhood with a supercool, Art Deco style that made it a favorite of jazz greats like Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, is closing its doors on New Year's Eve. Longtime owner Alvin Reed says that with rents rising, he can no longer afford the lease on the jazz landmark.... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1753332-lenox-lounge-jazz-landmark-to-close-nyc.html 2012-12-08T19:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1664620-obamas-ipod-bit-electorate-varied.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool. Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical tastes, an eclectic and all-encompassing list of artists and tracks that reflect the varied coalition of voters he is seeking to attract. Asked what was on the "preside... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1664620-obamas-ipod-bit-electorate-varied.html 2012-10-29T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1615292-danish-saxophonist-john-tchicai-dies.html COPENHAGEN (AP) — Danish saxophonist and pioneer of free jazz in Europe, John Tchicai, has died. He was 76. Tchicai moved to New York in 1963 and co-founded The New York Contemporary Five with Archie Shepp. He later became a leading figure of the jazz avant-garde movement in Europe. He also played with John Coltrane, Milford Graves, Carla Bley and Steve S... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1615292-danish-saxophonist-john-tchicai-dies.html 2012-10-08T14:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1597240-musician-friends-celebrate-thielemans-90-years.html NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans quipped that his legs don't work but his mouth does after he was pushed onstage in a wheelchair to a standing ovation during the first of two Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts this weekend celebrating his 90 years. And once he put his harmonica to his lips, he more than lived up to his words. Thielema... 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