Justice

New England Conservatory Previews 'For Our Common Home: Resounding Ecojustice' By Linda J. Chase on November 7

Source: Ann Braithwaite
October 28, 2021

New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Contemporary Improvisation (CI) Department previews a new work by flutist, composer, and faculty member Linda J. Chase, created in collaboration with theologian and author Harvey Cox. “For Our Common Home: resounding ecojustice” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 7 in NEC’s Brown Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Admission is free. For more information, visit The libretto is based on Laudato Si’, an encyclical issued by Pope Francis in 2015, which calls on ...
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Saxophonist Joseph Herbst Blends Speech And Song To Highlight The Intersectionality Of Environmental And Social Justice With 'This Is Our Environment'

Source: Outside in Music
February 3, 2021

Joseph Herbst is a saxophonist and composer, but more than that, he is an activist who uses his artistry to speak up alongside the people, places, and causes whose voices are often overlooked. This Is Our Environment, Herbst’s debut album, uses this artistry to do exactly that as, via through-composed sextet music rooted in jazz elements and master-crafted spoken word poetry, he weaves a tapestry of musical allegories, stories, and images that champion the causes of environmental and social justice ...
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"Solidarity," New CD Due Nov. 8 From Drummer/Composer Jerome Jennings, Addresses Concerns About Political & Social Justice

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
October 9, 2019

Drummer-composer-educator Jerome Jennings puts the spotlight on his writing chops for Solidarity, his rousing second album as a leader, set for a November 8 release on his own Iola Records. Featuring as its core unit trumpeter Josh Evans, tenor and soprano saxophonist Stacy Dillard, trombonist {{Andrae Murchison, pianist Zaccai Curtis, and Jennings’s friend and mentor, legendary bassist Christian McBride (along with special guests, including saxophonist-flutist Tia Fuller, tenor saxophonist-vocalist Camille Thurman, bassist Endea Owens, and percussionist Carlos Maldonado), the album ...
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The Dreambox Concerts: An Ongoing Series In Honor Of Social-Justice Warrior And Drummer Jim Miller

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2019

Jazz for Justice I am Suzanne Cloud, a longtime jazz singer songwriter and Philly jazz advocate, and I'm partnering with drummer Sherrie Maricle, the leader of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, and we are looking to fund The Dreambox Concerts at “Drummers," an intimate venue, that will feature monthly performances by Philadelphia area musicians who have a deep connection to social justice. Each concert (from October 2019 through May 2020) will spotlight a specific social issue in current American life that ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Samora Pinderhughes, jazz, and justice

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 15, 2017

This week, StLJN's video spotlight is focused on pianist and composer Samora Pinderhughes, who will be here in St. Louis to perform next Thursday, July 20 at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. A 25-year-old Juilliard graduate who grew up in Berkeley, CA and now lives in Harlem, Pinderhughes has toured with jazz artists including Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and Branford Marsalis. For his performance here, the pianist will lead a quartet with Scott, bassist Luques Curtis, and percussionist Mark Whitfield, Jr, ...
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U.S. Justice Department to Review Music Streaming Royalties

Source: HypeBot
June 6, 2014

In the wake of a series of court cases involving music streaming service Pandora, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department has announced that it plans a review of the agreements that govern songwriting royalties. The DOJ said it would review the consent decrees, which in some cases date back to 1941, between two major performing rights organizations, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). Publishers have long argued for higher royalty rates ...
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U.S. Justice Dept. Reported Close to Approving Ticketmaster and Live Nation Merger

Source: HypeBot
January 11, 2010

(UPDATED) The Justice Department is poised to approve Ticketmaster's proposed $720 million purchase of Live Nation with some conditions, as early as the end of this month, sources close to the investigation told merger and acquisitions service The Deal Pipeline on Tuesday.

Staff lawyers in the Department Of Justice's antitrust division were reported to be “unenthused" about pursuing the potential vertical competition threats that critics argued would stem from combining the nation's largest ticket seller with its biggest concert promoters. ...
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The Jazz Session Special Report: Justice for Jazz Artists

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2009

The American Federation of Jazz Musicians Local 802 is trying to win pension benefits for jazz musicians who play in New York City clubs. In 2007, Local 802 fought and won tax relief for NYC jazz clubs, with the expectation of state legislators that the clubs would use this money to provide pension benefit contributions for jazz artists. Now that the tax money has been made available, the club owners have yet to put the money towards benefits. In this ...
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Leroy Justice:The Loho Sessions

Source: JamBase
May 27, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

There's a moment late in opening track “All My Life" where lead singer-songwriter Jason Gallagher pleads for a dream his voice betrays his doubts about. The only backing is sympathetic, dizzy organ and then a chest slamming blast of electric guitar pushes you into your seat. It's a classic “classic rock" moment, absolutely free of premeditation, careless, exposed and a little rough like all the music we associate with this subset of rock. And it is but ...
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Ben Allison releases Cowboy Justice on Palmetto Records

Source: All About Jazz
March 7, 2006

PALMETTO RECORDS ANNOUNCES BEN ALLISON COWBOY JUSTICE In Stores April 18, 2006

New York, NY - “A brilliant double bassist, whose virtuosity is matched by his wayward imagination, Ben Allison is at the forefront of New York's most exciting music." (Jazzwise, UK).

On April 18, 2006, Palmetto Records will release Cowboy Justice, Ben's most forward thinking album to date. Featuring a new quartet with Steve Cardenas, (guitar), Ron Horton (trumpet), and Jeff Ballard (drums), eight original ...
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