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Vocalist Olivia Foschi To Release Sophomore Album Fleeting Windows Produced By Ulysses Owens, Jr. Featuring Acclaimed Producer/Accordionist Gil Goldstein And All Star Line-Up

Source: ARE Group
August 17, 2018

Italian-American vocalist Olivia Foschi will release her sophomore album entitled Fleeting Windows on August 24, 2018; the official record release concert is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. that evening at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY. The record was produced by Ulysses Owens, Jr. who plays drums/percussion on all tracks and features Gil Goldstein, accordion/piano/Rhodes; Billy Test, piano/Rhodes; Alex Sipiagin, trumpet/flugelhorn; Daniel Dickinson, bass clarinet/flute/tenor sax/alto sax; Joseph Doubleday, vibraphone; Yotam Silberstein, guitar; and Marco Panascia, bass. Fleeting Windows was driven by ...
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Italian Alto Saxophonist Fabio Marziali Brings Some Hard Swingin' With "Windows And Lights"

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
March 4, 2018

Burnin' new release! Fabio Marziali Windows and lights—NY 5et features guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg Born in a small village in the center of Italy, alto saxophonist (and multi-instrumentalist: flute, clarinet and piano) Fabio Marziali comes from a large family with little interest in music. Yet he started playing the piano at the age of eight and moved on to saxophone at age 10, joining the local marching band. At 14 years-old he was accepted to the Conservatory of Fermo, where he ...
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Microsoft Names Spotify Preferred Music App On 400M Windows 10 Devices, As Tech Giant Exits Streaming

Source: HypeBot
October 3, 2017

Two years ago Microsoft launched a music app and streaming service called Groove, available to 400 million Windows 10 users. Most Windows users barely knew that Groove existed, and today Microsoft acknowledged the failure by partnering with Spotify.   In a big boost for Spotify, Microsoft today announced that it is shuttering its own streaming music service and making Spotify the preferred option within its Groove music app. The Groove app comes preloaded on all Windows10 devices, now estimated to number ...
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SFJAZZ Unveils Jim Marshall Photography Installation in San Francisco Unified School District Building Windows Across Street From SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
October 25, 2016

Photographs will be exhibited from September 8, 2016 to May 2017 SFJAZZ announces the unveiling of a new photography installation from legendary photographer and longtime San Francisco resident Jim Marshall in the windows of the vacant San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) building across the street from the SFJAZZ Center on Franklin Street at Fell Street in the city’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. The installation will be unveiled at dusk on Thursday, September 8, 2016 to coincide with the organization’s Fifth ...
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Spotify Coming to Windows Phone... in the U.S.?

Source: HypeBot
October 7, 2010

In what may be an early clue that Spotify is coming to the U.S. before the end of the year as promised, the streaming music service will available on the new Windows Phone 7.  The handsets will be available in Europe on October 21st  and the U.S. November 8th according to the Spotify blog.   Since there will be no app store for Windows Phone 7, it is believed that Spotify will come pre-loaded. Premium subscribers will be able to use ...
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Skype Gives Up on Windows Mobile App

Source: PC Magazine
March 3, 2010

Making free Skype calls on a cell phone without using up minutes is certainly appealing. But the reality hasn't always lived up to the promise. Nowhere has this been more true than with the Windows Mobile version of Skype--which we found in two separate reviews to be, shall we say, less than desirable. It turns out Skype has finally given up; the company announced that it will no longer work on its Windows Mobile app, and has removed it from ...
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All About Jazz Upgrades: Tabbed Boxes and Mouseover Windows

Source: Michael Ricci
August 10, 2009

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It's Official: Netflix Coming to Windows Media Center

Source: PC Magazine
May 21, 2009

After years of unofficial support, Netflix is finally coming to Windows Media Center. When the DVD-distributing giant first announced streaming video, clever programmers were quick to create add-ins that allowed users of Media Center to view the content on their systems--apps like MyNetflix and vmcNetFlix. But the apps were quirky, breaking whenever Netflix tweaked its interface, and requiring too much technical know-how for the average person. With this official release, Netflix brings a seamless interface, ease of use, and a ...
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Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2009

Microsoft's excitable CEO Steve Ballmer showed off Windows 7 -- the slick, fast, user-friendly successor to the much-maligned Windows Vista -- and said it will be available as a public beta on Friday.

Unveiled by an intense Ballmer during his keynote address on the eve of CES 2009, Windows 7 will offer better performance on underpowered machines such as netbooks, support for multitouch interfaces, and simplified home networking. Ballmer said that this would be the “best version of Windows ever" ...
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Pandora Hits Windows Mobile

Source: PC Magazine
December 17, 2008

It's been a long time coming, but Pandora Media just announced that Internet radio station Pandora is now available for Windows Mobile smartphones — at least in a limited fashion. As with other versions, Pandora for Windows Mobile lets you key in any artist or song; the service will then create a custom Internet radio station that plays that music plus other similar songs. At this point, the Windows Mobile version works on the Sprint HTC Touch, the Verizon XV6900, ...
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