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Nils Lofgren, Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen onstage.

June 19, 2011 He played the final minute of "Thunder Road," one the most transcendent moments in all rock n' roll.

Bruce Springsteen (right) and  Clarence Clemons.

June 19, 2011 The larger-than-life saxophone player was a key influence in Bruce Springsteen's life and music.

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June 17, 2011 News and notes from around the web, including a history of jazz, Ralph Peterson and Mark Turner.

Steve Coleman (saxophone, center) performs with his band, Five Elements at the Winter Jazzfest 2011. Coleman is one of the notable musicians who signed and distributed a petition seeking better pay at the Winter and Undead Jazzfests.

June 17, 2011 Musicians are seeking better pay from two increasingly prominent jazz festivals. What of it?

All the classical news that's fit to link.

June 17, 2011 All the classical music news that's fit to link.

Marvin Gaye (at left), pictured here circa 1964, at the age of 25. At right, the 24-year-old rapper Drake. Gaye died in 1984, two years before Drake was born.

June 17, 2011 The new song "Marvin's Room" by rapper Drake glances back at Gaye's sultry, vulnerable persona.

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