Saturday, June 25th, 2005
The Winnipeg Sun has a clever title for this article though: Spotlight - Holland invaded China - two times
As the Chinese government slowly eased its restrictions on jazz, bassist Dave Holland had a whole new audience to win over.
The communist government banned what it deemed ...
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2005
Too early and too sudden. Jazz bass giant Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen has died at 58.
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2004
VERNON ALLEY, 1915-2004 / Jazz bassist played with great ones / He fought race bias, traveled the world -- made S.F. home I had the honor of meeting this distinguished bassist and San Francisco icon not too long ago. He greeted me with a huge smile, a warm two-handed ...
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