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<title>Frank Sinatra</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Frank Sinatra transformed popular music. Often cited as the single finest interpreter of American standards, he influenced generations of vocalists such as Nat King Cole and Carmen McRae by focusing on phrasing and matching narrative nuance and emotional naturalism with amazing breathing control. In the 1930s, Sinatra starting bringing back "old" songs by such masters as Cole Porter while he was still a Big Band singer. He became a national institution in the '40s, and even though Ray Charles has praised the flawless technique of this Columbia period, Sinatra kept evolving. Starting in the '50s he concentrated on groundbreaking concept albums and a fresh Big Band sound with master arranger Nelson Riddle. Sinatra explored every nuance of emotion on these Capitol and Reprise albums and influenced the work of Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee. Beginning in the '70s, when rock ruled, his voice and output became erratic but some brilliant work remains. Though Sinatra always viewed himself as a popular singer, jazz musicians hold his work in the highest esteem. Miles Davis and Lester Young often interpreted standards through his versions and avant-gardist John Zorn has said that in his own way, Frank Sinatra was as much a jazz improviser as Charlie Parker.
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<title>Nat King Cole</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nat King Cole's great piano work with his jazz trio got overshadowed by his massive vocal success in the 1950s yet each phase of his career offers up so many riches that it proves that the lines between jazz and popular music just don't matter. Cole's easygoing vocals during the '40s matched his piano style charm for charm and his "lock-handed" approach and supple arrangements influenced everyone from Oscar Peterson to Diana Krall. But by the early 1950s, Cole weaned himself from the trio when his orchestrated and Big Band records sold in the millions. Thankfully, Cole's dreamy vocals just kept getting better and better when he didn't have the keyboard to preoccupy him and his concept albums for Capitol rank up there with Frank Sinatra's and Peggy Lee's in complete perfection. "Perfection" may just be the only word that can describe the true King's music.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Louis Armstrong</title>
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<description><![CDATA["The Reverend Satchelmouth is the beginning and the end of music in America." So said Bing Crosby and how right he was because Armstrong is the single most important figure in twentieth century popular music. If there's an artist who wasn't directly influenced by his astounding improvisations, and most importantly, his phrasing, then he was influenced by those who were. Armstrong did more with time, nuance, and personality than whole armies of musicians. But forget about influencing others -- if his music doesn't fill you with tingles of joy and delight then you just may be dead. And don't fret if you are six feet under; Pops will be serenading you in heaven. For how can there be a heaven without Louis?
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Glenn Miller</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Glenn Miller put a whole nation "In the Mood." Miller led the most successful big band of the Swing era -- not a bad accomplishment considering that a strong sense of swing was the only thing this trombonist lacked. Thankfully, Miller corralled a wonderful group of musicians and arrangers and had hit after deserving hit during the War years. The era of Bobby Soxers and rationing may be over but "Moonlight Serenade," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," and the evergreen "In the Mood" have been embraced by the new generation of Lindy Hoppers. The man himself died when his plane was shot down over the English Channel, but his band continues in one form or another to this day. Critics still debate whether Miller was a jazz musician or not, but nobody ever questions how good he was at what he did.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Duke Ellington</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The contributions Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington has made to American music cannot be overstated. Ellington led an earthshaking big band with musicians that helped shape jazz and his charts influenced countless arrangers. He wrote dozens of what are now considered standards while he continued to explore and experiment with longer suites. Ellington could produce a great swing song, then a ballad, and then follow it up with an avant-garde orchestral piece -- all of equal quality. On his own, Ellington was a powerhouse who used members of his orchestra like a painter uses colors and optimized the talents and sounds of each musician. When Billy Strayhorn joined him as a co-arranger, songwriter and piano player, their combined talents led the orchestra to even greater heights. When Duke Ellington was asked to define jazz he replied, "there are only two kinds of music, good and bad." The Duke just may have created more "good" music than anyone in history.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Benny Goodman</title>
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<category>Swing</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[OK, Benny Goodman looked like a nerdy accountant. So what? Listen to his music...he always swung like Jayne Mansfield in capri pants. Goodman's cutting-edge clarinet chops were so strong that they propelled him to stardom in 1935 and officially launched the swing scene in popular culture. An all around tough cookie (and reputed to be difficult to work with), Goodman nevertheless hired interracial groups, working with the finest musicians (Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Christian), and blazed a trail for big bands and small jazz outfits through his various incarnations. In the late '40s, he incorporated Bop into his sound and continued to grow, working with such modernists as Herbie Hancock. Swing revivalists take note: Goodman makes Brian Setzer sound like Guy Lombardo.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Count Basie</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Setting the stage with just a 'plunk' or two from his piano, Count Basie's big band in the '30s swung harder than any other, giving the world such talents as Lester Young, Buck Clayton and "Sweets" Edison. That trio, along with the Count himself, created a freewheeling beast featuring sizzling improvs and solos. Basie's 'Testament' bands of the '50s operated like soulful, well-oiled machines, and were reliant on arrangers like Neal Hefti, Quincy Jones and Frank Foster. The vocal platform was perfectly suited to Basie's '50s sound -- he had great success with superstar singers Joe Williams, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Django Reinhardt</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jazz was forever changed when Django Reinhardt heard his first Louis Armstrong record. Reinhardt, a Belgian born Gypsy, revolutionized jazz guitar playing after losing the use of two fingers in a fire (try that at home, Joe Satriani). He invented the harmonically intense but joyous gypsy jazz style that captivated the public and influenced generations of musicians -- even Western Swing tips its hat to him. Americans like Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter were lining up to play with him, but violinist Stephane Grapelli was his greatest collaborator. They fed off of each other's solos and constantly inspired one another. Towards the end of his short life, he continued to experiment by embracing Bop and the electric guitar. Stephane Grapelli and such soundtracks as Steve Martin's <i>L.A. Story</i> kept his sound alive through out the decades. He was the first non-American jazz innovator and he remains the greatest.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Ben Webster</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Ben Webster joined Ellington in 1939 he quickly became the Duke's star tenor saxophonist. Webster's style was simultaneously gruff and lyrical; he looked and sounded like a tough man with a sensitive, poetic soul, and he could go from wild blues to a stirring ballad at the bat of an eye. In the 50s, Webster moved to L.A. where he worked with his own groups and in the studios. Like Lester Young and "Sweets" Edison, Webster's sax was the perfect foil for vocalists. He was a hero to Gerry Mulligan and their 1959 collaboration <I>Meets Gerry Mulligan</I> contains the single most beautiful rendition of "Chelsea Bridge" ever cut. During the era of John Coltrane, Webster moved to Europe to find steady employment and respect. We've learned from our mistakes; the music Ben Webster made is timeless and he is once again considered the King of the Tenors.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Tommy Dorsey</title>
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<category>Swing</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[During the Swing era, there were jazz bands, dance bands, and sweet bands: Dorsey had the finest, most sugarcoated dance band that nevertheless swung like Roger Maris. They had almost 200 hit singles between 1935 and 1953. As a trombonist, Dorsey had amazing breath control that was studied by jazz musicians as well as by his star singer, the young Frank Sinatra. Aside from the Voice, Dorsey employed Sy Oliver, Buddy Rich, and Jo Stafford in his band during the early '40s, each of whom ultimately went out and struck it big in his or her own right.
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<title>Art Tatum</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Art Tatum was a genius. His rapid-fire piano runs still dazzle. Decades ahead of his time, he could entertain the audience while leaving his fellow musicians' jaws hanging open with harmonic improvisations that didn't seem to have any precedent. Legally blind, he thrived in trio settings but really broke free when he played solo. Tatum was studied by legions of pianists and set the stage for Charlie Parker and the Bop revolution of the '40s.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Artie Shaw</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Artie Shaw is easily one of the finest jazz clarinetists of all time, with a smooth and swinging style all his own. Shaw had great success beginning in the late 30's and continuing into the 40's, when he was a major star respected by teenagers and jazz fans alike. Shaw always hired the best musicians -- Buddy Rich, Billy Butterfield and Zoot Sims, for example -- and even led one of the finest mainstream Bop bands around during the mid-50s. Then at the peak of creativity Shaw stopped making music, greatly saddening Benny Goodman, his equally hotheaded clarinet rival. Throughout his career he had made a periodic habit of quitting music (and marrying movie stars such as Lana Turner and Ava Gardner) so people were sure Shaw would be back when he hung up his horn for good in 1955. But such a sudden departure from the scene certainly did nothing to lessen his future legend and Ken Burns' jazz series proved that the man is still as honest and outspoken as ever.
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<title>Erroll Garner</title>
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<category>Jazz Piano</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Put on an Errol Garner record and you can't help but get "Misty." The emotional world his music inhabited was the perfect mix of elation and sadness. Garner was one the finest jazz musicians to ever find enormous and long-lasting public success. His Swing-meets-Bop style is immediately recognizable -- complex introductions segue into a rhythm play between left and right hands, the right hand playing behind the beat set by the left. This approach was so solid and complete that Garner was his own portable orchestra, and he rarely performed in any group larger than a trio. Though he recorded prolifically, there are also a lot of shoddy Garner re-issues out there in terms of sound quality. Start with <i>Concert By the Sea</i> (1955), a brilliant live document that is one of the essential jazz albums. Musicians loved Garner's playing as much as the public, but his style was so completely individual that other pianists mainly emulate it in tribute to him. The groundbreaking Hammond B-3 master Jimmy Smith, however, has repeatedly mentioned that he adapted Garner's keyboard approach to the organ and in the process, revolutionized the instrument. Listening to Errol Garner remains one of life's most sublime pleasures.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Joe Williams</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the few great male jazz singers in history, Williams got his start in the late 1930s in Chicago. But it wasn't until the '40s, and his sessions with renowned vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, that he rose to national stardom. In the '50s, Williams sang for Count Basie's big band, where he recorded his first hit, "Every Day I Have the Blues," in 1951. Unlike his flute-voiced predecessor in Basie's band, Jimmy Rushing, Williams sang in a buttery-smooth, dark baritone. His naturalistic phrasing -- inspired by Frank Sinatra -- combined with his subtle slides in pitch make his voice sound warm and comfortable. And his vibrato states its presence without dominating. Williams' greatness stems in part from his versatility as a singer. Tunes such as "Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)" showcase his considerable talent as a blues singer. His scatting on "How High the Moon" reveals a keen, bebop-influenced sense of melody, while "Getting Some Fun Out of Life" demonstrates his understated yet sensitive treatment of ballads.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Lester Young</title>
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<category>Cool/West Coast Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Lester Young joined Count Basie's band in the '30s, he instantly attained star status. Young's unique tenor saxophone style was magnificently laid-back, and his feathery tone influenced the formation of Bop and Cool Jazz. Rather than setting a clear separation point between melody and improvisation, his incredible improvisations kept focused on the melody, and "the Pres" loved singers like Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra -- he even made his sidemen memorize lyrics -- and he staunchly believed that the most important thing to communicate in music was emotion. Though his career was often erratic, Young left an indelible mark on jazz with his deeply evocative, adventurous playing, his hipster vocabulary, his sense of style, and even the way he held his saxophone.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Johnny Mercer</title>
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<category>Pop Standards</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The "Huckleberry friend" to every jazz singer, Mercer wrote lyrics to "Moon River," "Blues in the Night" and literally hundreds of other standards. He was also a top, Southern fried Swing-era vocalist.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Coleman Hawkins</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Without Coleman Hawkins, the saxophone may never have made it out of the marching band. While playing with Fletcher Henderson's outfit in the 1920s, Hawk did more than put the saxophone on the map; it just didn't sound like it does now until Hawkins came along. When a young trumpeter/cornet player named Louis Armstrong joined Henderson in 1924, Hawkins immediately took notice; by the following year, Hawkins' sax playing had been completely transformed. Like a cliched wine description, his style was fluid, smooth and mellow, yet very robust and masculine -- indeed, it swung into next week. He inspired a legion of very different players, such as Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Sonny Rollins. Hawkins' 1939 recording of "Body and Soul" remains renown today and is the subject of a Manhattan Transfer song that incorporates his astounding solo into their lyrics.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Les Paul</title>
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<category>Vintage Lounge</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Every modern guitarist and record producer should worship at Les Paul's altar. This brilliant innovator changed the course of popular music -- and he had one heck of a good time doing so. An excellent jazz guitarist who jammed with the cream of the Swing and Bop crop, Paul's hollow sound was aided by his own inventions: a series of solid-bodied electric guitars that were adopted by the industry and became rock 'n' roll standard issue. Paul's solo style was crammed with ideas, but he soon began over-dubbing his guitar parts and wife Mary Ford's vocals, resulting in recordings (such as "How High the Moon") that ruled the charts in the late '40s and early '50s. Even after a serious 1948 car accident left him with a crippled arm, Paul remained a one-man band after having his shattered arm reset in the "play" position; now, that's what we call dedication. All his efforts -- from his '30s Decca sides to his late '70s sessions with Chet Atkins to his current NY club appearances -- have resulted in wonderful sounds.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Cab Calloway</title>
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<category>Jump Blues</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cab Calloway led one of the top bands of the Swing era and became one of America's first black superstars. Calloway ruled the Cotton Club, was featured in cartoons, had movie roles, and even played Sportin' Life, the very character that Gershwin based on him in <i>Porgy and Bess</i>. Calloway was a master showman with fine musical instincts who nurtured such jazz greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Cheatham and Milt Hinton and paved the way for the Jump Blues style. Calloway's orchestra didn't survive the end of the Big Band era, but the man himself endured well into old age. Still decked out in his trademark white tuxedo and wild hairdo, Calloway saved the day at the end of <i>The Blues Brothers</i> by singing his signature song, "Minnie the Moocher."
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Louis Jordan</title>
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<category>Jump Blues</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Louis Jordan was one of the biggest musical stars of the 1940s, and his swinging small combo sound cut across racial and genre lines. He and his band were an important influence on the development of rock 'n' roll as well as R&B. The band swung with diamond-hard precision, peppering Jordan's hip, funny songs with sophisticated instrumental work. Jordan was a magnificent frontman who switched effortlessly from singing to blowing sharp, pithy solos on saxophone. His magnetism led the band to be featured in numerous short films geared towards black audiences, as well as a couple of major Hollywood musicals. Jordan had an unprecedented run of chart success, selling millions of records from the early '40s to the early '50s. Many of his songs such as "Caledonia" and "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" have become standards and have been covered numerous times. Jordan stayed active, playing until his death in 1975 at the age of 67.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Harry James</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[At the tender age of twenty-one, Harry James and his thundering trumpet sound rose to fame with Benny Goodman. James started his own band in 1939 and, although he endured a period of hardship, ultimately caught fire by sweetening his hard swinging style; soon after, he became the preeminent bandleader of the '40s. James always employed top musicians (Buddy Rich, "Stuff" Smith) and vocalists (Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest), and became a Hollywood presence after marrying the leggy actress Betty Grable. As big bands were dropping left and right in the '50s, James wisely chose to toughen his sound, a move which ensured additional success in the age of Bop. Through career ups and downs he remained a great horn player.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Les Brown</title>
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<category>Big Band</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A mainstay of the Swing scene, Les Brown led a dance band that was highly successful and had strong jazz musicians on its roster. Brown's Band of Renown enjoyed even more popularity when a talented young canary named Doris Day came on board in the mid-Â40s. He kept his band together well into the rock era by backing up Bob Hope. Ken Burns brought Brown's "Joltin' Joe Dimaggio" out of mothballs for his baseball documentary, and along with Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," the song was later played on radios and televisions to eulogize the Yankee Clipper when he passed away in March 1999.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Woody Herman</title>
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<category>Big Band</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you see Woody Herman's toothy grin on a CD cover, do yourself a favor and snatch it up. Herman's big band combination of Swing and Bop sounds just as good today as it did when his various ÃÂHerdsÃÂ originally stampeded in the '40s. Herman played clarinet and saxophone and sang in a charming, bluesy voice. He assembled crackerjack bands that featured the likes of Ben Webster, Red Norvo, Stan Getz and Shorty Rogers. Count Basie took arranger Neil Hefti from Herman and invented his ÃÂAtomic sound.ÃÂ Ray Charles loved Herman's group so much, he used another of Herman's arrangers, Ralph Burns, to launch his own big band. Herman, adored by musicians as a true gentleman, had a tragic end. A crooked business manager was stealing from him, and had not been paying taxes for the entire band over a period of many years. Herman became a slave to the IRS and was forced to tour and play until he died in 1987.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Lionel Hampton</title>
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<category>Big Band</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lionel Hampton is one of the true giants of American music. He was an innovator on the vibes, coming to prominence in the 1930s in Benny Goodman's band before forming his own orchestra and scoring a massive hit in 1942 with "Flying Home." Like Louis Armstrong, he was a wonderful entertainer as well as a musician, and this has kept him in the public's hearts long after most jazz artists revert to cult status. Even though he had Swing in his blood, the hard-driving Hampton worked well with Bop and Cool artists, and he had a hand in forging R&B. His good humor pours out of his playing and his exuberant vocal style.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Johnny Hodges</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johnny Hodges put the alto sax on the map in jazz. He could get hot and bluesy like nobody's business and his ballads could reduce grown men to tears. The straight-faced Hodges (think Buster Keaton) never cracked a smile, but his ballads ached as if he funneled all his emotion into them. He was by far the most popular of Duke Ellington's sidemen, and he led his own band for a time and released a number of albums under his own name in the '50s and '60s. His sound was much different than Lester Young's, but the impact of his playing can be heard in both West Coast and Cool Jazz. If you have any doubts, check out the album he did with Gerry Mulligan. Duke Ellington probably wouldn't have been the Duke without him.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Benny Carter</title>
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<category>Swing</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The fact that Benny Carter has played a sublime alto saxophone (and sometimes trumpet, piano, and clarinet) since the 1920s has obscured his other accomplishments. Carter has written great standards (When Lights are Low among countless others), arranged for bands and singers (like Peggy Lee); led groups that contained such peers as Ben Webster, Milt Jackson, and Miles Davis; and has written arrangements for feature films since the '40s. But Carter does indeed play a beautiful saxophone, and along with Johnny Hodges, he was considered the role model on the alto sax. Once Charlie Parker came along, Carter's style (fluid, pure, and romantic) still seemed current. Indeed, every revolution in jazz, from Bop to Cool to Soul Jazz has had a place for him. Benny Carter performed, wrote and recorded well into his nineties, finally passing over to the next world in 2003
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Glenn Miller and His Orchestra</title>
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<category>Big Band</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:49:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Glenn Miller put a whole nation "In the Mood." He led the most successful big band of the Swing era -- not a bad accomplishment, considering that a strong sense of swing was the only thing this trombonist lacked. He corralled a wonderful group of musicians and arrangers and had hit after hit during the War years; and while the era of bobby soxers and rationing may be over, "Moonlight Serenade," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," and the evergreen "In the Mood" have been embraced by the new generation of lindy hoppers. Miller died when his plane was shot down over the English Channel, but his band continues in one form or another to this day. Critics still debate whether Miller was a jazz musician or not, but few ever questions how good he was.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Les &amp; Larry Elgart Orchestra</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Respectable 1940s and '50s Swing band who knew how to please the dance crowd without losing the jazz fans. The Elgarts were a surprise hit in the 1980s with a series of albums under the <i>Hooked on Swing</i> banner.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Jimmy Rushing</title>
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<category>Blues Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Frank Sinatra described singing with the Count Basie Orchestra as coasting on a crest of a wave -- the band had the power and you just rode with it. Judy Garland, the American banshee, described singing with the outfit as trying to be heard above the roar of a cannon. Jimmy Rushing, the lion-lunged fireplug, roared while riding the Basie wave from 1935 all the way to the shore of 1950. There are literally hundreds of albums, bootlegs and radio transcriptions from Rushing's period with the band and every track is a guaranteed blues-drenched, swinging blast. Don't stop there though, because even without Basie backing him up, Rushing recorded acres of top tunes. To many ears, Rushing's balls-to-the-wall style works best in small doses, but he went on to record good albums with every one from the Dave Brubeck Quartet to orchestras led by Oliver Nelson. His take on the perennial flag waver "There'll Be Some Changes Made" from the Brubeck album has recently been embraced by a new audience after it was used in a series of TV commercials.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Martha Tilton</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tilton was a good-natured big band canary who came to fame singing with Benny Goodman at the height of the Swing era. Her style never really developed past the 1940s, and despite having several film appearances under her satin belt, she seems to have faded from collective memory.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Dave Pell</title>
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<category>Cool/West Coast Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:01:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Saxophonist Dave Pell led one of the coolest of the West Coast Cool bands. His light, floating octet featured superior musicians such as Zoot Sims, Paul Smith and Benny Carter playing the charts of Shorty Rogers, Marty Paich and Bill Holman. His own saxophone style was appealing, but when L.A. started treating jazz like the silent screen starlet of <i>Sunset Boulevard</i>, Pell joined the ranks of sunglass-sporting rock producers. He returned to jazz in the late '70s, balancing bop and cool with the big band swing he started with.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Fletcher Henderson</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The easiest way to discover how Traditional Jazz turned into Swing is to listen to the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. Acres of monumental musicians played with Henderson's band -- Louis Armstrong, Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge -- and together they helped change popular music. Henderson's real strength lay in his arrangements (and those of equals such as Benny Carter), which balanced a propulsive rhythmic foundation with complex flourishes and plenty of room for the band to move around in. Henderson had the hottest act on the scene until Duke Ellington appeared in the late 1920s, but Henderson could never keep a group together like the Duke, and he rarely crossed over to white America until he joined Benny Goodman as an arranger in the mid-1930s. After Henderson's stroke in 1950, Goodman repaid his debt to his often overlooked contributor by raising money for his care during the last five years of his life. If you ever need a jolt of pure joy, listen to Henderson's recordings from the '30s, when his band distilled happiness into music.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Helen O'Connell</title>
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<category>Pop Standards</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[O'Connell became one of America's big band canaries during her Swing-era tenure with the Jimmy Dorsey band, but her post-1950 solo recordings feature her finest work. She didn't have a big range, but her streamlined Swing lines and attention to lyrics led to a series of swell orchestrated and small-group jazz albums. O'Connell's spunky image and clean, blonde good looks earned her a tenure as the original Jane Pauley/Katie Couric on NBC's <i>The Today Show</i>, but she always returned to singing. Along the way O'Connell introduced a few stellar jazz standards, and one in particular -- "When the Sun Comes Out" -- shows off her knack for sophisticated, penthouse blues. Like Doris Day, another blonde cup of sunshine, O'Connell was a lot hipper than her public image. The Hindsight label creams many of her best jazz material onto <i>The Sweetest Sounds</i>. Unlike Day, O'Connell kept singing top-shelf material until her death in 1993.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Herb Ellis</title>
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<category>Bebop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:19:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Herb Ellis is certainly one of the best Bop guitarists to ever race through a set of changes, leaving many guitarists scratching their heads and contemplating the price of a good bass. His playing has a bright, hollow-body edge to it, with a touch of country and a hard-swinging sense of rhythm that's evident in his seemingly easy comping. His unaffected single-note riffs are interspersed with juicy chordal playing and blistering Bebop runs that will have you wondering how it's possible to pick so fast. He certainly doesn't overplay, but Ellis has had to keep his chops up to full speed -- he spent much of the beginning of his career with lightning-fingered pianist Oscar Peterson. Along with bassist Ray Brown, the three formed one of the best jazz trios that ever recorded, spurring each other on with playful zest. In addition, he's worked with most of the great jazz artists, including many unforgettable sessions with Stan Getz and Ella Fitzgerald.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Sammy Kaye</title>
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<category>Big Band</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Earl "Fatha" Hines</title>
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<category>Jazz Piano</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hines was a key figure in the transition from Swing to Bebop -- his offbeat left-hand jabs brought heavy syncopation to his work in Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, and his octave melodies influenced scores of musicians that followed. An important part of Hines' innovation was his acceptance of fresh perceptions in his band -- while others may have felt they were too modern, Hines welcomed Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's new ideas. In addition, fresh-sounding Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine were both featured vocalists in his group at various points. From Big Band to Dixieland ensembles, Hines always played with an effervescent joy, infecting his bands and his piano playing with his unique rhythmic intensity and stylistic individuality.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Roy Eldridge</title>
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<category>Classic Swing</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bop was not created from nothing; it was an extension of existing developments in Swing. And trumpet virtuoso Roy Eldridge was a key player in the transition. Eldridge began his career in Chicago in the 1920s, playing in carnival, circus and dance bands. In 1931, he moved to New York City and joined the big band circuit. Four years later, he started his own big band, which toured and recorded for the next ten years. Eldridge's dazzlingly bright tone and enormous range made him an exceptional soloist, and his phrasing possessed a dramatic flair that secured his position as a trumpet star. His pyrotechnic playing pointed the way towards Bop, inspiring a young trumpeter named Dizzy Gillespie. In the late 1940s, Eldridge began touring and recording with small groups as well, collaborating with Gillespie in 1954. He retired in 1981.
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<title>Jay McShann</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pianist and sometime vocalist Jay McShann led a Jump Blues big band that could get as uptown and sophisticated as often as it was down-home and gritty. The orchestra had a hard time making it after World War II, and McShann became a mainstay on the L.A. scene, and though he still played beautifully, he was in danger of becoming a footnote in jazz history for hiring the young Charlie Parker. Deservedly, McCann was rediscovered by the jazz world in the late 1960s a period which is full of lip-smacking trio and small group improvisations. The Retro/Swing crowd will want to check out his recordings from the '40s, which feature earthy vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon but most of his sides are well worth investigating. McShann cut plenty of great jazz and he also helped lay the groundwork for rock 'n' roll.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Erskine Hawkins</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Illinois Jacquet</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Illinois Jacquet's "take no prisoners" tenor saxophone style brings together Swing, Bop and blues. In the 1940s, he was a star soloist with Lionel Hampton's band, where his lean but tough sound helped define what came to be known as R&B. Jacquet wasn't afraid to add Bop to his bag of tricks, and he went on to a rewarding solo career, recording prolifically.
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<title>Bunny Berigan</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:55:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the finest trumpeters of the original Swing era, Bunny Berigan began his career in the mid-'30s. Recruited into Benny Goodman's orchestra for a short time, then Tommy Dorsey's, his polished pitch and spirited notes found him fronting his own orchestra in 1937. Berigan died prematurely in 1942, never reaching the potential so many envisioned for him.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Eddy Howard</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Kay Kyser</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:54:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Gene Krupa</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Drummer Gene Krupa became a star playing behind Benny Goodman at the start of the Swing era. He went on to form his own hard-swinging band and had a string of hits during World War II. The handsome tub-thumper became a household name by introducing the drum solo to popular music (though it would be unkind to blame him for the percussive excesses of the rock era) and he became a mainstay on records, radio and film -- he even had a key part in the classic screwball comedy, <i>Ball of Fire</i>. Krupa entered the '50s by hiring Bop and Cool jazz modernists like Gerry Mulligan, and then released a string of solid albums on Verve long after many Swing era bandleaders were made obsolete. Krupa, who set the stage for such master percussionists as Shelly Manne, Max Roach, and Buddy Rich, was portrayed by pint-sized rebel Sal Mineo in a Hollywood blockbuster about his troubled life.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Charlie Barnet &amp; His Orchestra</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the best (and least remembered) big bands around. Barnet, who adored Duke Ellington's band, assembled the hottest players for his outfit regardless of race, which hurt him in our segregated country. Billy May, who later wrote many of Sinatra's hottest charts, created his trademark "slurping sax" arrangements here, and Barnet's own sax was a lot like that of Johnny Hodges. The only quibble most have with him is that he didn't play his own instrument enough, preferring to share the spotlight with such talents as Roy Eldridge, Lena Horne, Kay Starr, and Clark Terry. When the country turned away from big band music, Barnet threw in the towel and returned to the upper crust life he had previously rejected for jazz. His country club's gain was our loss -- his band was one of the finest of the Swing era.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Doc Severinsen</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:14:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Doc Severinson will forever be associated with Johnny Carson and the Tonight Show Band. A hot, swingin' trumpet player who hd stints with Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Charlie Barnet, Severinson proved to be a good-natured showman on <i>The Tonight Show</i>. His older recordings are of more interest to Big Band jazz fans than his latest, easier listening, releases.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>The Dorsey Brothers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The battlin' Dorsey brothers were key in transitioning Traditional Jazz to Swing during the late 1920s and early '30s. These famed hotheads were a good match: Tommy's creamy trombone suited dreamy ballads, while Jimmy's harder-edged saxophone made them a hot rhythm outfit. They had one fight too many and by 1935 both were leading their own orchestras, but they teamed up again to fight for Swing throughout the button-down '50s. Check them out -- their music is still a blast and while Tommy became the bigger name, Jimmy's saxophone sound remains one of the forgotten joys of jazz.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Jimmie Lunceford</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:19 -0800</pubDate>
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