Daily entertainment news covering Branford Marsalis en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_148 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 132198@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to

Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_88 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 94291@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Akeelah and the Bee" actress Keke Palmer (1993), "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin (1980), Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971), "Gilmore Girls" actress Melissa McCarthy (1969),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/11/spike_lee_s_best_aamp_not_so_best_films Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:00:58 EST Entertainment News 95196@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's difficult to rank the films of Spike Lee in order of best to worst because, quite frankly, the auteur hasn't really made a horrible film. With nearly 20 feature films under his belt

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_56 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54444@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Akeelah and the Bee" actress Keke Palmer (1993), "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin (1980), Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971), "Gilmore Girls" actress Melissa McCarthy (1969), Garbage singer Shirley Manson (1966), saxophonist Branford Marsalis (1960), actor Brett Cullen (1956), "Waterworld" actor Michael Jeter (1952; d. 2003), and Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker (1944).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/07/clarinetist_alvin_batiste_dies_before_fe Mon, 07 May 2007 16:30:17 EST Entertainment News 41332@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ray Charles' former clarinet player Alvin Batiste died from a heart attack yesterday, hours before he was set to take to the stage for a show in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 74-year-old jazz great was set to perform with Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival when he fell ill and passed away.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/29/stars_release_we_are_family_collaboratio Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:15:57 EST Entertainment News 14405@http://www.starpulse.com/news Patti LaBelle, Ciara, Brian McKnight, Chris Brown and Branford Marsalis have all signed up to record a single with Sister Sledge for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief. Grammy Award-winning producer Rodney Jerkins gathered the stars together to perform the group's 1970s hit single "We Are Family."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_26 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 13651@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Akeelah and the Bee" actress Keke Palmer (1993), "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin (1980), Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971), "Gilmore Girls" actress Melissa McCarthy (1969), Garbage singer Shirley Manson (1966), saxophonist Branford Marsalis (1960), actor Brett Cullen (1956), "Waterworld" actor Michael Jeter (1952; d. 2003), and Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker (1944).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/02/bruce_hornsby_releases_5_disc_box_set Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:05:38 EST Entertainment News 11827@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bruce Hornsby is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his breakthrough debut album with the 5-disc box set, Intersections 1985-2005. The collection arrives as Bruce Hornsby and his band The Noisemakers are in the midst of their 2006 summer U.S. tour.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/26/dave_matthews_band_asks_for_contribution Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:32:46 EST Entertainment News 6173@http://www.starpulse.com/news Dave Matthews Band announced today that it has issued a $1.5 million challenge grant to help build the New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village. The Village is a Habitat for Humanity project that seeks to build more than 300 homes in the city's Upper Ninth Ward with musicians and other New Orleanians who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/02/harry_connick_jr_and_branford_marsalis_h Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:20:22 EST Entertainment News 972@http://www.starpulse.com/news Since hurricanes Katrina and Rita forced many musicians to flee New Orleans, the jazz, blues and Dixieland that was the city's musical score have been harder to find, as have the musicians who seek to return, but, like so many, have no place to go. Habitat for Humanity and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, working with Harry Connick Jr., and Branford Marsalis seek to change that, announcing plans Tuesday, Dec. 6, for a "Musicians' Village" in the Crescent City.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/18/harry_connick_jr_s_busy_holidays Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:01:58 EST Entertainment News 689@http://www.starpulse.com/news Harry Connick, Jr. has a full slate of activities planned leading up to Christmas this year. Last night marked Connick's and Branford Marsalis' UK performance debut of music from the critically acclaimed Marsalis Music album 'Occasion (Connick On Piano Vol. 2)' (click for review). The duo is set to perform again at the Marsalis Music showcase as part of the London Jazz Festival again tomorrow night at the Shaw Theatre.

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