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The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965
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Michael Ricci
The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 By Sam Stephenson Available November 24, 2009 Published by Alfred A. Knopf 288 pages $40.00 Hardcover ISBN/EAN: 978-0-307-26709-2 The following is excerpted from the prologue of the book. January 29, 1960 W. Eugene Smith sits at the fourth-floor window of his dilapidated loft at 821 Sixth Avenue, New York City, near the corner of Twenty-eighth Street, ...
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Win the New Edition of Passman's "All You Need to Know About the Music Business"
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HypeBot
Share your favorite music industry advice and win 1 of 3 copies of the updated edition of this industry bible.
For nearly two decades Don Passman's All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been regarded as an essential guide to the music industry. Nw in its 7th edition, the book covers a wide array of topics, including picking the right team, negotiating a record deal, publishing and copyrights. It also addresses current topics like digital downloading, piracy, ...
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The Elsewhere Musician: Making Connections in a Fragmented World
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Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor
I was ten when I recorded “The Rockafeller Skank" by Fatboy Slim off the radio onto cassette tape. Twelve when “The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem premiered on TRL. The idea that I could reach out and connect with the artists that I liked didn't exist yet or at least wasn't familiar to me. MySpace didn't become popular where I grew up - almost no one that I knew had it. Artists were perceived as ...
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The Downbeat 75th Anniversary Anthology: The Great Jazz Interviews
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Michael Ricci
DOWNBEAT: The Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology Edited and Compiled By Frank Alkyer
In July of 1934 the first issue of DownBeat magazine hit newsstands in Chicago. For the next seven-plus decades and counting the publication has been synonymous with jazz. DownBeat has chronicled every facet of jazz; every trend; every new and emerging sound. They have charted the birth and rise of hot jazz, cool jazz, be bop, hard bop, post bop, free jazz, and ...
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A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have in Common?
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Kyle Bylin, Assoicate Editor
In recent news reports, it's becoming more and more apparent -- that at a time when the record industry is reeling from changes that it barely understands -- other industries are beginning to experience many of the same transformations. Take, for instance, the recent pricing war between Wal-Mart and Amazon - where 10 book titles were dramatically discounted by the big-box retailer and Amazon, including many others, followed suit by decreasing their prices ...
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AllAboutJazz-New York November 2009 Issue Now Available!
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Michael Ricci
When we at AllAboutJazz-New York start work on our November issue, we realize just how close to the end of the year we are. By the time you are reading this issue, the World Series will be nearly decided (Go Yankees?). Then at the end of the month is Thanksgiving and then the holiday season begins in earnest. We all start thinking about gift-giving and then plans for New Year's Eve. For the gazette, we are already narrowing our lists ...
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A.D.G. Productions Releases Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves Series
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Cheryl Hughey Promotions
A.D.G. Productions proudly announces the release of Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves series. Written by Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon (both noted international authors, musicians and recording artists), the Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves series is part of over 150 instructional books released by A.D.G. Productions.
Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves are intuitive manuals written by working musicians who understand the industry demands specific to the Smooth Jazz genre. The Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves series is available in instrumentation for Bb (tenor), ...
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