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Event

Paris, New Orleans and the UN General Assembly to celebrate International Jazz Day with UNESCO

Source: Bob Kenselaar
March 24, 2012

Musicians and fans from all five continents will celebrate the first-ever International Jazz Day on 30 April. UNESCO proclaimed the Day during its General Conference late last year, to recognize jazz as a universal language of freedom and creativity. Festivities start at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 27 April with a series of master classes, round tables, improvisational classes, and various other jazz —related activities. That evening UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock will headline a concert with Tania Maria, Gerald ...

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Obituary

Frank Jolliffe, "Touchstyle" Guitarist, Dies at 53

Source: Bob Kenselaar
February 28, 2012

Jazz instrumentalist and music educator Frank Jolliffe, 53, died of a heart attack on February 8. Jolliffe originally embarked on his musical career playing electric guitar, but made an early switch to the Chapman Stick, the electric stringed instrument designed by Emmet Chapman in the 1970s and played by tapping its fret board with the fingers of both hands, rather than being strummed or plucked. Later in his career, Jolliffe played the Warr guitar, a similar instrument designed by Mark ...

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