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Naxos of America and Medici Arts Announce Set 2 of Masters of American Music a Series of Jazz Documentary DVDs
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
The award-winning Masters of American Music series was the first historical documentary series produced about Jazz - not only America's, but also the world's greatest art form of the twentieth century. Dispensing with critics and historians, the series focuses on the musicians: dozens of them telling the story of Jazz in their own words. Often, music performances are allowed to play out, entertaining moments are illuminated, and the irrepressible nature of the music and its greatest innovators shines through. The ...
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DVD Review: Chicago, "Chicago Transit Authority" (Quadrophonic Mix)
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Pop Dose
I don't think there's a band on the planet that's done a more thorough job of repackaging its hits than Chicago and in the 20 years since scoring its last meaningful hit, the band has really cranked the compilation machine into overdrive, churning out best-ofs, ballad collections, live albums, anniversary sets, and any other type of reissue you can think of, as well as a few you probably haven't. So when the Chicago catalog was folded under the Rhino umbrella ...
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Viacom vs. Google: The Battle for Youtube
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PC Magazine
“YouTube was intentionally built on infringement," wrote Viacom in a statement released this week. Yesterday, the media giant made public 108 pages of documents detailing its $1 billion suit against YouTube owner Googlethe latest move in a battle that has been raging for roughly three years. You could consider this new four-paragraph public statement to be the abridged version of those complaints: One-hundred odd pages have been knocked out, but the animus hasn't decreased one bit. “Google bought YouTube because ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Tiempo Libre
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today we train our video spotlight on Tiempo Libre, who are coming to St. Louis next Saturday, March 27 to perform at the Edison Theatre on the Washington University campus.The Miami-based group, which blends Latin jazz with traditional Cuban rhythms, is made up of seven musicians who received classical music training at Cuba's premiere conservatory, La ENA. Formed in 2001, Tiempo Libre has played major festivals, concerts and clubs all ...
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Home Taping is Killing Music: Hilarious Video Takes On File Sharing
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HypeBot
A new tongue in British cheek video commissioned by ISP Talk Talk uses bad 80's pop to take on the more questionable arguments against file sharing. “Home Taping Is Killing Music" is part of a broader campaign Don'tDisconnect.uslobbying against proposed British laws that would have ISP's act as internet police shutting off and even prosecuting offenders.
The purposefully untalented clones of Madonna, George Michaels and Adam Ant singing and dancing to a cheesy soundtrack are reasons enough to ...
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Rockyoumentally Interviews: Poogie Bell, Victor Bailey & Rez Abbasi.
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All About Jazz
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Stolen Moments" with Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's spend a little time with Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project, who will be in St. Louis Wednesday, March 17 through Saturday, March 20 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro.The group was formed in 1995 when Samuels, who had been the mallet percussionist for Spyro Gyra, joined forces with steel pan player Andy Narell and saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera for a concert in NYC's Central Park. ...
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