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Duke Ellington

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    January 29, 2011

    Yvonne Craig on Long, Strange Journey From Oak Cliff to the Ballet Russe to the Batcave

    ​Should you need me 'round 3 today I'll be moderating a Q&A at the Plano Centre with Nichelle Nichols, former singer with the Duke Ellington Band, star of the James Baldwin play Blues for Mister Charlie and -- oh, right -- Star Trek's original Lt. Uhura. Nichols is here for that Sci-Fi Expo ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Tonight, Tonight: The Canadian Tenors at Bass Hall, Van Darian at Fred's Texas Café and The Brian Piper Trio at Lakewood Bar & Grill

    Slim pickings on this Tuesday evening before Christmas. May we suggest you head outside and enjoy this weather? No? Well, fine, if you must go out to see music tonight, consider these options after the jump.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.

    ​Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Dallas Radio and Jingle Pioneer Tom Merriman Died Early This Morning

    ​Only a few days ago, Tom Merriman was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame -- the great Ron Chapman's introduction of the local-radio icon can be heard here. Says Chapman of Gordon McLendon's former music director, who came to Dallas in 1952, Merriman "shaped the sound of thousands of telev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Hophead: Notes From Flying Saucer's Fourth Annual Fall Beer Festival

    ​A beer tasting event like last Saturday's Fall Beer Festival at the Fort Worth Flying Saucer is an easy way to try several new beers at once, hang out with fellow beer people and see a lot of hilarious T-shirts. However, as I discovered, it's also an easy way to get a bad impression of a beer for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Knights' Tale

    Another historic emblem of black Dallas stands on the brink

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    All That Jazz

    Hear the songs of Louis, Ella and Duke

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2006

    Ten Days of Talent

    Being Out of the Loop is not a bad thing

  • Culture

    August 18, 2005

    Walking Between Known and Unknown

    The photos of Gordon Parks register a world of opposites and extremes

  • Culture

    August 18, 2005

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics survey the local art scene

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Our critics survey the local art scene

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2004

    Get Jazzed

    It's free jazz night at the Meadows

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2004

    Sacred Sounds

    Long live the Duke

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2004
  • Music

    February 5, 2004

    Norah Jones

    Feels Like Home (Blue Note)

  • Culture

    May 1, 2003

    Of Boobs and Blood

    Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

  • Music

    March 13, 2003

    Action, Jackson

    Joe Jackson got the band back together, after saying it would never happen

  • Calendar

    May 16, 2002

    Salad Days

    The Dallas Symphony Orchestra combines cultures in weekend concert series

  • Culture

    March 7, 2002

    Lush Life

    No script, no plot. Who cares? Blues in the Night hits all the right notes.

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2002

    Got Blues?

    Dallas Theater Center shows its Blues in the Night

  • Film

    August 23, 2001

    Allen Town

    Scorpion is fun if familiar, one of Woody's typical Manhattan riffs

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    He Got Rhythm

    Ken Burns wants you to know why Jazz is America's music

  • Music

    July 27, 2000

    The Content Partners

    Any major dude will tell you a Steely Dan story is not to be trusted

  • Music

    November 4, 1999

    Don Byron

    Any major dude will tell you a Steely Dan story is not to be trusted

  • Culture

    September 30, 1999

    Black and blue

    DTC's Dinah Was strikes a jaunty balance between decay and delirious musical celebration

  • Music

    August 12, 1999

    South by South Austin

    The Cornell Hurd Band is in it for the long haul

  • Music

    August 5, 1999

    The Brian Setzer Orchestra

    Bronco Bowl, August 5

  • Music

    June 24, 1999

    Graham Parker

    Caravan of Dreams
    Fort Worth

  • Music

    June 24, 1999

    Ketchup and Soy Sauce

    Cibo Matto gets out of the kitchen and fries up the national prize

  • Music

    June 10, 1999

    Out Here

    Cibo Matto gets out of the kitchen and fries up the national prize

  • Music

    June 3, 1999

    Cardboard tombstones

    In the wake of the Ellington 100, lesser zombie boxed sets walk among us

  • Music

    May 20, 1999

    Lush life

    Pianist Cedar Walton has played with and known -- and been -- the best

  • Calendar

    April 29, 1999

    The real deal

    Pianist Cedar Walton has played with and known -- and been -- the best

  • Calendar

    February 25, 1999

    Night & Day

    February 25 - March 3, 1999

  • Culture

    December 31, 1998

    White like me

    Even those with no soul will enjoy Jubilee Theatre's musical tribute to composer W.C. Handy

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

    Even those with no soul will enjoy Jubilee Theatre's musical tribute to composer W.C. Handy

  • Music

    August 7, 1997

    Bandleader at bay

    Arranger-conductor Onzy Matthews proves that only the strong survive

  • Music

    June 12, 1997

    Out Here

    Arranger-conductor Onzy Matthews proves that only the strong survive

  • Music

    May 8, 1997

    Winner's circle

    All the bands that fit,and one that quit

  • Calendar

    December 5, 1996

    Events for the week

    All the bands that fit,and one that quit

  • Calendar

    September 19, 1996

    Events for the week

    All the bands that fit,and one that quit

  • Calendar

    September 5, 1996

    Events for the week

    All the bands that fit,and one that quit

  • Music

    July 11, 1996

    Girls school

    DIVA's learned a lot about prejudice and potential

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    Rhyme and Reason

    Leaning House Records puts a new slant on poetry

  • Calendar

    May 16, 1996

    Events for the week

    Leaning House Records puts a new slant on poetry

  • Music

    February 22, 1996

    Rocker, Texas Ranger

    Baboon kicks Chuck Norris' ass in a Deep Ellum club...sort of

  • Music

    September 7, 1995

    Swingin' the blues

    Big Al Dupree makes his recording debut after 72 years

  • Culture

    May 18, 1995

    Old friends

    Negro League ballplayers recall game's shameful, glorious past

  • Music

    April 27, 1995

    Ghosts in the machine

    When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

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