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Santa Monica Library Lets Public Check out Walking, Talking Sources

Source: Michael Ricci
April 14, 2009

Tired of books? Then consult a living, breathing source. Check out a jazz Historian.

On Saturday, the Santa Monica Public Library's Living Library Project will feature “a Mormon, an animal rights activist, a police detective, a fat activist, a feminist, a married Jewish lesbian mom, a little person and an ex-gang member," among others. Members of the public will be able to “check out" the sources for 30-minute conversations.

Rachel Foyt, the library's administrative analyst (and self-avowed “book-cart drill team ...

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ByrneJazz Releases Linear Jazz Improvisation "Functional Jazz Guitar"

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2009

Educator Ed Byrne's new guitar book is now available! ByrneJazz.com announces the release of Ed Byrne's new jazz guitar method, Linear Jazz Improvisation “Functional Jazz Guitar."

Learn all the basics of playing in a jazz group comping voicings with rhythms in all styles. It's fun to practice with the inter-related play-back files in all keys.

Linear Jazz Improvisation Functional Jazz Guitar

Learn the skills needed for playing in a jazz group with this fun 255-page method. Practice specific ...

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Kevin Cole of Webster Groves HS Featured in JazzEd Magazine

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
April 7, 2009

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Voice of the Century Broke Racial Barriers

Source: Michael Ricci
April 3, 2009

In the early 1930s, years before the concert at the Lincoln Memorial that made her an international symbol of the American civil rights movement, Marian Anderson, the great Philadelphia-born contralto, was probably better known overseas than she was in the United States.

THE SOUND OF FREEDOM Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America

By Raymond Arsenault

Excerpt: Andersons concerts, which combined opera arias and German lieder with black spirituals, won over not ...

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Chicago Sun-Times Files for Bankruptcy

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2009

Sun-Times Media Group Inc., reeling from a painful revenue decline and tax liabilities that date back to the looting of the company during the tenure of former CEO Conrad Black, disclosed Tuesday that it has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code.

The publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and other Chicago-area papers emphasized that it will continue to operate its newspapers and online sites as usual “while it focuses on further improving its cost ...

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Unzipped Souls: A Jazz Journey Through the Soviet Union

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2009

Across nine thousand kilometers and six republics of the Soviet Union, William Minor embarked on a “jazz journey" to observe the development of contemporary Russian jazz, as it responded to an abundance of cultural changes.

A jazz writer and musician himself, Minor sat in on private performances and went backstage at several major festivals, witnessing firsthand the artistic release and creativity of Russian musicians.

Throughout his travels, Minor interviewed musicians, critics, and fans and reproduces in his book an intimate ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York April 2009 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
March 28, 2009

This month’s theme is one of overcoming adversity. We didn’t necessarily plan it that way but jazz is a music filled with drama, the personal struggles informing the musical statements. Our Cover Story is pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, who has been a trailblazer as both a woman and an Asian-American leading bands since the ‘50s. Interview subject trumpeter Tom Harrell is known for his long career as a bandleader, sideman and composer but also for his diagnosed and welldocumented schizophrenia. A ...

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Drum! Magazine's Email Neil Peart Editorial Campaign a Hit

Source: JCM Media
March 7, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum magazines worldwide, is experiencing a tremendous response rate to its Email Neil Editorial Campaign. Officially launched on February 11, the Neil Peart population has sent questions via neilpeart@drumlink. Additionally, questions have been sent online at http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/just-ask-neil-yourself/; or by accessing the Questions Page on DRUM!s Youtube site, www.youtube.com.

The result: 1,000 emails from across the globe.

The emailed questions have varied from the most basic to the highly complex in ...

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