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Jazz Drummer Blackman, Guitar Legend Santana Exchange Vows

Source: JazzStage.net
December 22, 2010

Guitar legend Carlos Santana, 63, married fiancée Cindy Blackman, 51, in Maui on Sunday! She posed outside with her bridesmaids, though inclement weather moved their actual ceremony from the beach to an indoor venue. Click here for rundown from popsugar.com As many of you know, drummer Cindy Blackman and guitarist Carlos Santana were married Sunday, Dec. 19, in what must've been an amazingly beautiful ceremony in Hawaii. Now, I think we can all agree that Carlos Santana is a legend. ...

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Bill Evans and Joe Puma

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 21, 2010

Before he began recording exclusively as leader of a working trio, pianist Bill Evans was a prolific sideman. Between 1954 and 1958, Evans appeared on more than 20 recordings led by other artists. Except for New Jazz Conceptions, his first one-off trio date for Riverside in 1956, Evans was a top keyboard gun for hire in New York. One of those dates in 1957 was accompanying guitarist Joe Puma on an album called Joe Puma: Jazz. Unfortunately, the quartet with ...

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Guitarist Bob Keefe goes 'Surfin' with Santa' on holiday release

Source: Lauren Rogers
December 19, 2010

Santa Claus, take note: Bob Keefe wants a surfboard for Christmas. In case Saint Nicholas isn't listening, Keefe has released a new album, Surfin' with Santa, that should get the bearded one's attention at the North Pole. On Surfin' with Santa, Keefe covers traditional Christmas tunes like “Jingle Bells" and “Silent Night" and gives them the surf-music treatment. It's an unlikely marriage that Keefe manages to pull off effectively, capturing the sense of wonder and spiritual beauty of the originals ...

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New Cindy Blackman Interview with Charles Blass (audio) On the Wedding Day of Cindy and Carlos Santana

Source: Charles Blass
December 20, 2010

The following interview with drummer-composer-bandleader-producer Cindy Blackman was conducted on August 28, 2010 in Zürich, Switzerland at the home of her friend, event producer Michaela Fritz. Less than two months' prior, Carlos Santana had proposed to her onstage following a drum solo in Illinois, and she accepted. Today, December 19th is Cindy and Carlos' wedding day, in Maui, and we celebrate the union of two great artists with this previously unheard discussion. Among the topics are: Sonny Sharrock and Alice ...

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36 Exclusive Hypebot Interviews from 2010

Source: HypeBot
December 18, 2010

In case you missed them, here's a list of our best interviews from 2010. I'm very thankful that all of these people were kind enough to take their time and answer my numerous questions. If you're at all curious about the issues that the record and music industries will be grappling with in the new year, I highly suggest that you take a moment and read the thoughts from these leading thinkers, writers, artists, and fans. Todd Hansen, co-founder of ...

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Buddy Collette Said It

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 20, 2010

In addition to being a superb reed and woodwind musician, the late Buddy Collette also was a courageous advocate for civil rights in Los Angeles. Up through the late '40s and early '50s, integration was actively discouraged by the city. Even the musicians' union had two locals—one for whites and another for blacks. By 1950, the jazz scene on Central Avenue had all been shuttered by a police force openly hostile to clubs that catered to black and white patrons ...

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Interview with CEO of LyricFnd: On Their New API System and the Most Innovative Lyric Sites

Source: HypeBot
December 17, 2010

This is part two of my interview with Darryl Ballantyne. He's CEO of LyricFind, a legal lyric solution provider. In part two of this interview with Ballantyne, he talks about recent developments at his company and the challenges of disrupting lyric pirates. Hypebot: What are some of the most interesting lyric websites that you've seen emerge lately? Darryl Ballantyne: We're seeing a lot of great lyrics-based concepts recently; the unfortunate part is I can't talk about most of them yet! ...

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Interview with OK Go: On File-Sharing, the Major Label System, and Balancing Creativity with Marketing

Source: HypeBot
December 17, 2010

This interview is by Miranda Burnett of Pirate Verbatim. Follow her on Twitter. A few months back, Miranda Burnett started a blog called Pirate Verbatim, where she highlights artist's thoughts on file-sharing. Hypebot grew very excited about her efforts, as we had thought it would be great to give artists a voice and enable them to express their concerns about music piracy. Long story short, we gave the gift of “Hypebot Magic" to Burnett and encouraged her to pursue original ...

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