| Bill Dixon, 84, Voice of Avant-Garde Jazz, Dies Mr. Dixon, a trumpeter, composer and educator, fought to raise the profile of free improvisation. feeds.nytimes.com |
Remembering Jack Beeson, Composer and Teacher The American composer Jack Beeson was an inspired teacher who respected creative individuality and was too busy writing music and teaching composition at Columbia University to bother with musical politics, manifestos or myths. feeds.nytimes.com |
Barcelona city hall fines U2 $22,000 Barcelona city hall says rock band U2 has paid a fine of 18,000 ($22,000) for playing too long and too loudly during rehearsals in the Spanish ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Bachman, Turner enter Hall of Fame Fresh off releasing their first reunion album in more than 20 years, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner are among the latest inductees into the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame. cbc.ca |
Jamaican reggae singer Gregory Isaacs dies at 59 Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer whose smooth style earned him the nickname "Cool Ruler," has died. He was 59. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |