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Entertainment Seattle-born jazz singer Sara Gazarek comes home to give back Seattle-born jazz singer Sara Gazarek comes home to give back (Photo Gallery) (Video)
By Hanna Brooks Olsen Published: May 20, 2013 at 4:54 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 7:01 AM PDT
Singer Sara Gazarek didn't grow up with a lot of exposure to jazz -- after all, Seattle is really known more for grunge (and, recently, hip-hop) than for crooning voices and downtown piano bars. But when she joined the jazz choir in high school, she fell in love with the genre. Now, she's an award-winning performer with a new album, who's using her star power to inspire future generations of musicians -- or at least help students understand a genre that often feels elusive.
Entertainment Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74
By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Entertainment Writers Published: May 20, 2013 at 10:40 PM PDT
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.