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DigitalJournal.com – Before Oscar Peterson took the stage at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall on Friday, an excited fan was restless two rows behind me....
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TORONTO (djc) – The du Maurier Downtown Jazz Festival in Toronto proved that jazz isn’t all be-bop crooners and 1940s-era piano. From the conscious...
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DigitalJournal.com – Since his discovery at age 24 by legendary impresario Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson’s impact on jazz has been undisputed, marked by numerous...
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TORONTO, Ont. – Ray Charles will headline Toronto’s du Maurier Downtown Jazz Festival on June 27, at the Hummingbird Centre, a press conference revealed....
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MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND (dpa) Every summer, the famous jazz festival lures 200,000 visitors to Montreux on Lake Geneva. But not only musicians and music...
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TORONTO, Ontario – It was a warm and slightly muggy Saturday night in Toronto. Standing outside of Massey Hall feeling horribly underdressed, I, like...
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HAMILTON, Ontario – The night of the 2001 Juno Awards belonged to Nelly Furtado, Bruce Cockburn and Barenaked Ladies. Furtado won four of the...
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LOS ANGELES, (djc) – Los Angeles based, Radio Free Virgin, a privately held unit of the worldwide Virgin family owned by Richard Branson, announced...
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SAN DIEGO – European artists have long realized the value in exporting and distributing music to an American audience. And today’s artists are increasingly...
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As his many awards, including the recent UNESCO award granted by the United Nation’s cultural body, and his many fans attest, Oscar Peterson is...