Rashied Ali, a free-jazz drummer who backed John Coltrane and accompanied him in a duet album in the final months of the jazz master’s life, has died. He was 76.

Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multi-track recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.  According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital.

Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multi-track recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.  According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital.

Barbra Streisand is returning to her New York Roots.
Fans will have the chance to receive free tickets to the September 26 concert.

A zebra that was stolen and set loose in a college building as a prank has been taken from his owners because they didn’t have proper wildlife permits. Todd Nims, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the Newton Citizen that the zebra known as Barcode and another named Jazz were seized Dec. 12 and shipped to a Midwest zoo.