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DC Jazz Festival Closes with an Absolute Blast!
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
The 7th annual DC Jazz Festival, under the prescient guidance of Charlie Fishman and Sunny Sumter (who though still a young woman, insists she has “retired" as a jazz vocalist, but we still hold out hope...) closed last Monday evening with the DC tour appearance of “A Night in Treme." Assembled to take a good chunk of the exceptional music component of David Simon's brilliant HBO series “Treme" on the road and bring us outlyers a nice taste of vivid ...
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New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp lets music lovers learn new techniques, have a blast
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Michael Ricci
All day, as computer consultant Dean Booth deals with manufacturers, he looks forward to heading down to his basement in Hudson, Mass., to practice his tuba. His wife watches TV in the room above, knowing he's there because she sometimes feels the floor vibrate, he said. “This is my escape from manufacturing companies," said Booth, 55, as he wiped down his sousaphone on Tuesday after an afternoon rehearsal, part of this week's New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp. The camp, in ...
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Blast from the Past: Mark Cantor's Jazz Films
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Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
I had the pleasure ofattending Mark Cantor's “Jazz on Film" presentation on January 22nd here at theJewish Community Center of San Francisco and it was a blast from the past.Cantor is a jazz film archivist who has collected over 4,000 reels (yes, actualfilm) of vintage jazz performances. He shares programs of these rare films atpresentations all over the world, including The National Academy of RecordingArts and Sciences, The International Association of Jazz Record Collectors,Monterey Jazz Festival, Academie du Dance (Paris, ...
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RIAA, Senators Blast Nations Lax on Piracy
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All About Jazz
Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain have been named the “top- priority countries" with inadequate intellectual property enforcement by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who co- chair the Intl. Anti-Piracy Caucus, as well as Reps. Adam Schiff (D- Calif.) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).
They were joined Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill by Recording Industry Assn. of America chairman-CEO Mitch Bainwol at a news conference designed to underscore the proliferation of illegal commerce of copyrighted works, which they ...
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2009 Blues Blast Music Awards Update
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Just Roots PR
Buddy Guy's Legends 754 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 Telephone: 312.427.1190 Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:00 p.m. (Doors 6:00 p.m.) Tickets: $25 and are available online at http://www.thebluesblast.com/
Tickets are on sale for the 2009 Blues Blast Music Award Ceremony to be held at the famous Buddy Guy's Legends. The awards show will include confirmed appearances by nominees Kenny Neal, Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Eden Brent, Albert ...
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Blues Blast Music Awards Announces Partial Entertainment Lineup
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Just Roots PR
The 2nd Annual Blues Blast Music Awards take place on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago.
Blues Blast Magazine has listed a partial lineup of nominees who will perform at the event These include Kenny Neal, Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Shirley Johnson, Albert Castiglia, John Primer, Chris James & Patrick Rynn w/ Bob Corritore, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Robin Rogers, The Insomniacs, Dave Herrero, Guy King, and Dave Gross. More to be announced soon! ...
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Steely Dan Cool Blast of the 70's, with LP's Spinning
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Michael Ricci
One of Steely Dans three backup singers, Carolyn Leonhardt, symbolically lowered a phonograph needle onto an LP.
After a couple of seconds to allow for the silent lead-in groove, this years version of the band started the song “Black Cow," from the album Aja: bass and drums behind the beat, 13th chords from the guitar.
“Aja" was performed in full, nearly flawlessly, on Tuesday at the Beacon Theater, the first in a series ...
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Top 5 Albums to Blast into Space
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All About Jazz
When Col. Timothy L. Korpa blasts off for the International Space Station next month, he plans to pack a copy of Echo & The Bunnymens storied 1984 full-length Ocean Rain aboard the space shuttle.
Now its official, the bands singer Ian McCulloch told Chartattack. We are the coolest band in the universe.
A surprising pick, perhaps, but it got us thinking: What music would you take on your first space walk?
From rock and hip-hop to jazz, Wired.com came up ...
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Blues Blast Music Award Winners Announced at Buddy Guys Legends
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Just Roots PR
The winners of the 2008 Blues Blast Music Awards were announced Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at a Gala Blues celebration at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, IL.
The award winners are: Best Contemporary Blues Recording - Holmes Brothers - State Of Grace Best Traditional Blues Recording - Lurrie Bell - Lets Talk About Love Best New Artist Debut Recording - John Nmeth - Magic Touch Best Blues Song - Nick Moss - ...
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Marco Benevento Trio + Blast Off!!! at Galapagos
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All About Jazz
The 4th and installment of the “Real. Live. Music." series at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg will be taking place on Wed, 7/16 with:
MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO Marco Benevento - keys (Benevento/Russo Duo) Marc Friedman - bass (The Slip) Adam Deitch - drums (Lettuce, Wyclef Jean, Talib Kweli)
BLAST OFF!!! feat. MIKE GAMBLE Adam Schatz - sax Sam Levin - drums Mike Gamble - guitar
Wednesday, July 16th ...
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