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Sat Eye Candy: Bill Graham

Source: JamBase
October 26, 2008

HE CHANGED LIVE MUSIC FOREVER AND LEFT A MARK ON AMERICAN CULTURE THAT'LL NEVER FADE

On this day in 1991 one of music's most influential, charismatic and volatile individuals, Bill Graham, died in a helicopter crash in Concord, California. Just 60 years old, Graham was, in many ways, the epitome of '60s Boomer ingenuity, a marvel of counter-culture savvy and Wall Street business smarts. A strong divider of opinion, Graham helped myriad now legendary acts get their ...

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Making Connections Through Essential Outreach: Latin Jazz Vocalists on Video

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
October 19, 2008

The American public often sees jazz as an insider’s art; an exclusive music that plays to the hip crowd while leaving the general public cold. Jazz lovers talk about things like personal expression and individual identity, concepts that don’t always resonate with the greater population. Jazz lovers speak with familiarity about artists like “Bird,” “Trane,” or “Diz,” names that seem unusual to the uninitiated. A majority of jazz recordings are instrumental tracks including sometimes dissonant improvisations and passionate expressions - ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Les McCann and Javon Jackson

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 19, 2008

This week's videos feature keyboardist Les McCann and saxophonist Javon Jackson, who will be in St. Louis next week to perform Wednesday, October 22 through Saturday, October 25 at Jazz at the Bistro. Their team-up is billed as “Swiss Movement Revisited," a reference to McCann's collaboration with the late saxophonist Eddie Harris and the famous live album the two recorded in 1969 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. In part because ...

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Playboy Yanks DVDs; Will Focus Exclusively on Web

Source: PC Magazine
October 17, 2008

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc, which publishes the world's most widely read adult entertainment magazine, will stop making DVDs to save about $12 million a year, and focus on distributing its content online, the company said in a regulatory filing. Shutting its DVD operations will cost 80 jobs and $2 million in restructuring charges, according to the filing on Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. With another $4 million taken against archival materials and a receivable, ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Two from the St. Louis Rivermen

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 12, 2008

This week, let's take a look at a couple of videos featuring the traditional jazz band the St. Louis Rivermen. These two clips are from the 37th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival held in July 2008 in Davenport, Iowa.First up is a video of the Rivermen playing the standard “I Can't Get Started," which was penned by Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke, first popularized in the 1930s by trumpeter Bunny Berigan, ...

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Eagle to Release "The Crusaders Live at Montreux 2003" DVD on DVD October 14

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2008

Eagle Eye Media, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment, will release The Crusaders Live At Montreux 2003 on DVD October 14. Originally The Jazz Crusaders, this American Institution has recorded and released over 40 albums since 1961. Coming out of Houston and relocating to Los Angeles, the original band started out in a hard bebop vein with a two-man frontline horn tandem of trombone and tenor sax. Eventually they became instrumental in changing the course of modern fusion music ...

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Check out the Good Time Music Video Premiere! | Brazilian Girls | News

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2008

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Oktawia's Premiere Video for "Leave My Sorrow Behind"

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2008

Young Polish jazz singer Oktawia is to release her debut album called simply “Oktawia" in Poland on October 25 2008. The album includes modern jazz arrangements of songs composed by top Polish authors- starting from Chopin, Bronislaw Kaper and finishing with Michal Urbaniak. The project has already gained much attention from Polish media, being played by all regional radio stations in the country as well as being shown on one of the main satellite TV stations- TVS. Meanwhile, Oktawia has ...

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