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The transfer portal closes at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, ending 30 days of men's college basketball chaos. But that's really just the beginning. What actually ends is the window to enter the portal, which ...
Every winter, the Illini men’s basketball schedule controlled the thoughts and plan of 'Gus Phan. Until now. He now perceives ...
Jazz guitar icon George Freeman passed away on April 1 at the age of 97. The celebrated musician had planned to mark his 98th birthday on April 10 with a series of concerts at Chi ...
It is a small, persistent, and powerful space that holds so much sanctuary as well as beauty and exaltation, as evidenced not only during live performances ... idols, Coleman Hawkins and Lester ...
He arrived in New York playing piano with Mel Lewis and Tex Benecke, staying there to perform the music of Eddie Sauter with Ray McKinley, free lancing with musicians such as Coleman Hawkins ... this ...
Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a $35 ...
By shrugging its shoulders at the state's reporting requirements, the university is failing to compile a complete picture of ...
Source: Bruce Klauber This week's episode highlights some enlightening archival live recordings from Kenny Dorham ... For too long he's been thought of as a Coleman Hawkins clone and his vast ...
Coleman Hawkins, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Sarah Vaughan, Louis Jordan, The Ink Spots, the Mills Brothers, Billie Holiday and Charlie Christian. In his teens, he fell in love with Dizzy Gillespie ...