Reuters - Jan 26, 2010
Producer Quincy Jones, pop guitarist John Mayer and retired soul singer Bill Withers will headline performing rights group ASCAP's annual songwriters convention in Hollywood on April 22-24, organizers...
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Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and...
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Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and...
More »AP - Aug 17, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) — Max Roach got his first musical break at age 16, filling in when Duke Ellington s drummer fell ill in 1940. Those three nights spawned a career that would make the self-taught Roach...
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Max Roach made a career out of rewriting the rule books. The pioneering jazz percussionist, known as much for the political convictionsas for his sleight of hand with the drumsticks died Thursday morning...
More »Reuters - Jul 13, 2007
Nickelodeon is testing the waters of original online content with the July 22 launch of its first broadband series. Dubbed Nick Cannon's Star Camp, the online series on TurboNick (www.nick.com/starcamp...
More »AP - Jun 21, 2007
Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana are among the headliners announced Thursday for a concert to raise money to build a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall....
More »Yahoo! Music - May 25, 2007
Veteran producer Quincy Jones has snubbed the chance to work with Michael Jackson again. The legend, who produced Jacko s 1982 album Thriller, still the best-selling LP of all time, said he had been...
More »E! Online - Apr 13, 2007
Hey, Jude, take your dad's songs and make you richer. Julian Lennon, John Lennon's eldest son, has decided to sell an economic stake in the compositions cowritten by his late father for the...
More »Reuters - Apr 11, 2007
Island Def Jam is reviving the legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate merger. The label continues to operate overseas,...
More »Reuters - Feb 23, 2007
There aren t many composers whose music is immediately identifiable after just a couple of whistled notes. Such is the influence of Ennio Morricone that all it takes is a bit of whistling to evoke the...
More »Reuters - Sep 29, 2006
Ray Charles and Count Basie never recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries posthumously. The CD, Ray Sings, Basie Swings, featuring Charles vocals from recently unearthed archival...
More »Reuters - Sep 29, 2006
Ray Charles and Count Basie never recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries posthumously. The CD, Ray Sings, Basie Swings, featuring Charles vocals from recently unearthed archival...
More »Reuters - May 23, 2006
Famed American impresario Quincy Jones has offered to write a theme tune for the 2008 Beijing Olympics having been seduced by China on his first visit. The 73-year-old musician, composer, conductor...
More »Reuters - May 21, 2006
Andrae Crouch is celebrating his 40th anniversary in gospel music by releasing his first new studio album in eight years. Mighty Wind, due May 30 on Verity, showcases a veteran artist still at the...
More »Reuters - May 12, 2006
Former teen idol Leif Garrett has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years probation on charges stemming from drug possession. Garrett, 44, was sentenced late on Thursday in Los Angeles after...
More »AP - Apr 3, 2006
Quincy Jones visited former South African President Nelson Mandela, but a meeting between Mandela and Naomi Campbell wasn t publicized. Campbell was charged with assault in New York City last week for...
More »Reuters - Mar 12, 2006
It is hard to imagine rap music without LL Cool J. After more than 20 years, he remains at the top of his game, having churned out hit after hit and increasing his visibility as an actor and sex symbol...
More »E! Online - Mar 6, 2006
A movie deal. Check. A new jewelry line. Check. Another bunch of music awards. Check. Not a bad week s work for Mariah Carey, who capped a busy seven days--and an amazing year--by taking two top...
More »AP - Feb 24, 2006
Thousands of Brazilians took a break from samba to rock with U2 frontman Bono during Carnival celebrations in the northeastern city of Salvador. Bono performed an impromptu duet of Vertigo with Brazilian...
More »AP - Feb 17, 2006
Eight days after Hurricane Katrina hit, Michael Jackson announced he would release an all-star charity single within two weeks. Nearly six months later, after questions about exactly who would be participating...
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