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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar releases his first children's book
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Romeo Corsi
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar releases his first children's book. The NBA's all time leading scorer champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in a fascinating new children's book. What Color is my World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors Did you know that James West's technology is in the microphone of your cell phone? Or that Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? That Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing pain for countless people? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators ...
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Armen Donelian's New Book, "Whole Notes: A Piano Masterclass," Just Published by Advance Music
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Whole Notes: A Piano Masterclass, the third instructional book by veteran pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator Armen Donelian, has just been published by Advance Music. Written in a conversational tone, the book “offers practical guidance grounded on principles of music theory, rhythm, analysis and composition as well as physics, anatomy and holistic development," Donelian writes in the book's final chapter. Although “this is not the first attempt to examine these subjects in writing, nor will it be the last," he ...
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Spin Magazine Replaces Most Album Reviews with 140 Character Tweets
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HypeBot
Spin Magazine, the 26 year old music magazine once known for it's counter-culture reporting (today known to be more pop-culture centered), has announced that it will be moving a large portion its album reviews over to Twitter, with more than 1,500 album reviews this year alone arriving as 140-character tweets. The magazine has said, however, that it will continue to post roughly 20 full reviews each month on their website. Spin will be pulling the majority of reviews out of its ...
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Jazz & Blues Florida January 2012 Online Edition Posted
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Charles Boyer
The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. This edition marks the first edition of the fourth year of operating completely online. The January 2011 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com. This month's edition can be read in .pdf format, as well as in a new and improving web-page presentation. This month's preview features include: ...
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"Half-Blood Blues," A Novel by Esi Edugyan
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Justin Hargett
MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST 2011 WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE “Unforgettable... Brilliantly conceived, gorgeously executed. It's a work that promises to lead black literature in a whole new direction." —The Globe and Mail (Toronto) “A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal... [A] brilliantly fast-moving novel." —The Times (London) “Shines with knowledge, emotional insight, and historical revisionism... Truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its ...
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Rick Britto Releases a Contemporary Jazz CD "For Your Love"
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Rick Britto
For Your Love featuring jazz saxophonist, Rick Britto is a Contemporary Jazz recording of all fresh and exciting originals songs for lovers to enjoy! The album covers many styles of Contemporary Jazz music crossing from R&B and Soul to Funk and Hip Hop even Reggae and Latin grooves which all make up the foundation of the recording. The recording features some of Britto's dear friends from near and a far as guest artist throughout the album. Composer and producer, Nesta ...
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The Free Internet Archive Of “Jazz Forum” Magazine Now Avaiilable Online
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Norek
In November, 2011, the Zbigniew Seifert Foundation launched the polishjazzarch.com internet site. The site provides online access to the full contents of “JAZZ FORUM" magazine issues from the first 24 years of its publication in all three language editions: Polish (1965-1989) and international: in English (1967-1989) and German (1976-1981). The internet archive comprises more than 15,000 pages, in total + 265 issues of “JAZZ FORUM" magazine, including: Interviews with major artists representing various musical styles and genres, such as: Miles ...
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Barry Cleveland Publishes eBook Second Edition of Cult Classic Joe Meek’s Bold Techniques
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Barry Cleveland
Veteran music journalist Barry Cleveland (currently an editor at Guitar Player magazine) has published the Second Edition of his now cult classic—Joe Meek’s Bold Techniques—as an eBook, available via Apple iBooks, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble for $4.99. Joe Meek's Bold Techniques updates the 2001 print edition, and features a new Introduction, an additional chapter, and a newly restored and remastered version of Meek’s legendary 1959 stereo album about life on the Moon, I Hear a New World. Joe Meek ...
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