May 4: Surf guitarist Dick Dale is 76. Singer Peggy Santiglia of The Angels is 69. Country singer Stella Parton is 64. Singer Jackie Jackson of The Jacksons is 62. Actress Pia Zadora is 61. Singer Oleta Adams is 60. Singer Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings is 57. Country singer Randy Travis is 54. Actress Mary McDonough (“The Waltons”) is 52. Comedian Ana Gasteyer (“Saturday Night Live”) is 46. Actor Will Arnett is 43. Bassist Mike Dirnt of Green Day is 41. Singer Lance Bass is 34. Actor Alexander Gould (“Weeds”) is 19. Actress Amara Miller (“The Descendants”) is 13.
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Saxophonist-composer Wayne Shorter is a triple winner in the 2013 Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association.
Shorter was a member of Miles Davis' legendary mid-1960s quintet and co-founded the fusion band Weather Report. He won awards for lifetime achievement in jazz, top soprano saxophonist and best small ensemble.
Veteran trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has been recognized as jazz musician of the year and best trumpeter. Smith's civil rights-themed composition "Ten Freedom Summers" was a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
The JJA said in an announcement Wednesday the Album of the Year award went to newcomer Ryan Truesdell, for "Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans." His Gil Evans Project band was chosen best large ensemble.
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A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has had its classic looks restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.
The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino’s home in the Lower 9th Ward.
Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.
The piano was unveiled Thursday at the Old U.S. Mint, now a museum in the French Quarter.
It will be part of the Louisiana State Museum’s music exhibition opening in 2014 but separately will go on display at the Mint in June.
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