Reuters - May 28, 2004
The lone Jeff Buckley studio album released in his lifetime will be reissued in a remastered, expanded edition this summer. Due Aug. 23 via Columbia, Grace: Legacy Edition features the original 1994...
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Celebrating its fifth installment, the North Sea Jazz Festival Cape Town came of age this year when it moved into a new venue and presented its most ambitious programming to date. The two-day jazz,...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year: Crazy in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay-Z...
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This is an organization that should not have to exist, said Wendy Oxenhorn, executive director of the Jazz Foundation of America, in her opening remarks Oct. 16 at the foundation s third annual A Great...
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(6/16/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- The late Nina Simone will be remembered at two upcoming U.S. memorials being planned on both coasts by her daughter, Lisa Simone Kelly, a vocalist whose stage name is Simone....
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(4/28/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- Legendary jazz singer Nina Simone was laid to rest Friday (April 25), after an emotional funeral held at a church in Southern France. About 500 mourners attended services at Lady...
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(4/21/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Jazz and soul vocalist Nina Simone has died at her home in the South of France. She was 70. The singer reportedly suffered from complications following a stroke. Simone was well...
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