Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'johncoltrane'
October 4, 2007
SHOPPING: Everyone needs a little Betsey Johnson flair in their closet, and this week you can get some designer dresses without dropping too much dough. There's a two day Betsey Johnson warehouse sale starting now, 80% off! 10am to 8pm (through October 5th) // 263 W 38th St READING: We may prefer listening to, rather than reading about, jazz, but John Coltrane had a whole world of things going on that led up to his......
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December 15, 2006
Ahmet Ertegun, the man who founded Atlantic Records, died yesterday at the age of 83. Ertegun, along with a partner, Herb Abramson, founded Atlantic Records in 1947. They started up in an office in a hotel on West 56th Street in Manhattan. The initial investment of $10,000 was borrowed from his family dentist. 48 years later, in 1995, at the Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, it was announced that the museum's......
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