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INTERVIEW/PROFILE/TRIBUTE: Buddy Defranco on Shearing
When people talk about the “George Shearing sound,” they are referring to a special combination of instruments that the pianist first assembled in late 1948&#151and how he arranged those instruments to produce a gentle, swinging approach to jazz. The instrument mix&#151piano, vibes, guitar, bass and drums&#151tricks the ear into thinking it’s listening to a much larger band. Shearing then …
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Antrix-Devas deal annulled
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday annulled the controversial deal between Indian Space Research Organisation’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation and Bangalore-based Devas Multimedia.
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PM backs Space Commission decision on Devas
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the S-band spectrum deal between Indian space agency ISRO and private firm Devas was not operational and there was no question of diluting the Space Commission’s decision to annul it.
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