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/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/114506-john-coltrane.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1900252-intl-jazz-day-to-celebrate-turkish-jazz-link.html NEW YORK (AP) — Pianist Herbie Hancock will celebrate the special connection between Turkey and jazz music forged decades ago when the Turkish ambassador opened his residence to white and black musicians at a time when segregation held sway in the U.S. capital. Hancock, a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, is organizing a gala concert with jazz stars from around... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:15:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1900252-intl-jazz-day-to-celebrate-turkish-jazz-link.html 2013-02-19T07:15:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1889888-review-stylish-quality-headphones-popular.html ATLANTA (AP) — Most people consume their music while on the go these days — in cars, while jogging, in between smartphone calls or while working at a desk. Thousands of our favorite songs are just a playlist away. But pumping your favorite tunes through common earbuds may not deliver quite the high fidelity you deserve. I took a look at a fleet of modern ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:20:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1889888-review-stylish-quality-headphones-popular.html 2013-02-13T21:20:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1883990-innovative-jazz-trumpeter-donald-byrd-dies-80.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit jazz-funk fusion records such as "Black Byrd," has died. He was 80. He died Feb. 4 in Delaware, according to Haley Funeral Directors in the Detroit suburb of... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1883990-innovative-jazz-trumpeter-donald-byrd-dies-80.html 2013-02-12T05:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1863704-angelou-celebrates-black-history-with-oprah.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of talking black history with Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou breaks out singing a hymn a cappella. The acclaimed poet and author wants to show Keys, a New Yorker, what "lining out," call-and-response singing that is popular in black churches down South, sounds like. That teaching moment is one of many during... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1863704-angelou-celebrates-black-history-with-oprah.html 2013-02-02T07:39:00Z 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.... 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