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Great to have you with us. Wed like to welcome our viewers around the world and in the United States, im john vause. The first hour of cnn newsroom starts from l. A. Starts now. We begin in iraq where the countrys Prime Minister is vowing to force isis out of his country in the coming year. His announcement follows the iraqi army celebrating what it calls the liberation of ramadi from isis. Todays brutal housetohouse fighting, forces have mostly retaken the city. There are still pockets of isis fighters throughout ramadi. A Spokesman Says it will take two to three weeks to root them out. Iraqs...

WBGO’s Gary Walker talks with Catherine Russell and Paul Kahn about the unheralded legacy of pianist and bandleader Luis Russell.

Luis Russell - At the Swing Cats Ball, Vol.1 (Dot Time Records DT8022Album review by Len Weinreich)Interested in time travel? While dancers in Chicago were digging this music, people in Britain were digging air raid shelters. Interested in eavesdropping? Listening to this album is like overhearing to a private conversation. And that’s because the majority…

Newly found airshots have solos from such as Louis Armstrong, Red Allen and J.C. Higginbotham and show what a good stride pianist Russell was

Hal Smith: Jeff, when you think about the traditional jazz “warhorses”—like “At The Jazz Band Ball,” “That’s A Plenty” or “Fidgety Feet”—traditional jazz musicians usually don’t make too many variations on the order...