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Messenger Terri Lyne Carrington is just 11 years old and hanging backstage at a concert hall with her friend “Ella” – that’s Ella Fitzgerald to us mere mortals – and the jazz legend wants to introduce her to jazz virtuoso Oscar Peterson, who had just finished performing. “Ella Fitzgerald says, ‘You need to hear her,’” Carrington, now 55, recalls. “She was just somebody who would encourage me and hang out with me. She was shy, and I was disarming because I was a kid. She took...

Joe Sample embodied the evolution of jazz By John Devenish The Artistry of… Joe Sample The electric keyboard was still fairly new in the ’60s. Joe Sample was one of the instrument’s pioneers. His progression says everything about the dynamics of the evolution of jazz, one of the greatest American musics. Evolution speaks to incorporating influence along the way, and it speaks to respect and admiration — a carrying of a torch forward. In high school in the ’50s, Sample and two others f...

Its safe to say no one who went through it will ever forget the historic storm that swept through Cedar Rapids on August 10, 2020. Days were long without power or internet and we dont want to go through it again, but those who restored our lives back to normal still deserve our gratitude, five months later. Thats why, according to KWWL, a Cedar Rapids insurance agent and realtor have come together to pay tribute to these workers. First, they put together a video. Local celebrities from Alisabe...

Before. >> yeah. 47 million americans access. >> getting cards. >> snap benefits. thats basically food stamps. >> right. >> under these ebt cards. four years ago 33 million people. this program has just grown huge. interesting some fast food restaurants will allow people who use their ebt cards in the restaurant. >> thats right. >> jack in the box in some states. friday chicken. >> a place put them in there and you get the junk food. >> there you go. >> letter number four comes from joe sample c...

Before. >> yeah. 47 million americans access. >> getting cards. >> snap benefits. thats basically food stamps. >> right. >> under these ebt cards. four years ago 33 million people. this program has just grown huge. interesting some fast food restaurants will allow people who use their ebt cards in the restaurant. >> thats right. >> jack in the box in some states. friday chicken. >> a place put them in there and you get the junk food. >> there you go. >> letter number four comes from joe sample c...