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Shirley Bassey: "Goldfinger"
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Dame Shirley Bassey finally invaded America. At last night's 85th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, the 76-year-old, Welsh-born pop singer brought Hollywood's elite to their feet with a rousing and coy performance of Goldfinger—the James Bond movie theme she first recorded in 1964 and made famous in the years that followed. Though Dame Shirley eventually would record two additional Bond themes—Diamonds are Forever (1971) and Moonraker (1979)—Goldfinger was her only Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1965, with the movie's soundtrack reaching ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 22-28
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Two of the world's premiere guitarists happen to be in the Twin Cities at the same time.... At the same price. Free. Both Mike Stern and Bill Frisell turn up on college campuses this weekend, making this perhaps the best “free" jazz weekend of the year outside of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. But it is only the tip of the iceberg - and given the forecast, perhaps I mean that literally. This weekend also features multiple gigs with Estaire ...
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ShowGo.tv Launches at SFMusic Tech Summit
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All About Jazz
SFMusic Tech Fund, Media Execs Lead Investment Advisory Board Includes XM Founder/CEO Hugh Panero, Former Napster COO Milt Olin, Legendary Artist Manager Ron Stone San Francisco, CA: ShowGo.tv, the leader in delivering live music experiences from clubs around the world, today launches its global concert streaming service. Founded by a group of cable, music and streaming media veterans, the pioneering live streaming concert service provides a turnkey, production and distribution solution to iconic clubs around the world. “We spent 2012 ...
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Police Shoot Jazz Band Members In Dorner Manhunt
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Michael Ricci
SOURCE: The Daily Current Three members of a jazz band were shot by Los Angeles police Monday afternoon in relation to a massive hunt for an avenging ex-cop, police and witnesses said. Police were reportedly acting on a tip in their search for Christopher Jordan Dorner when they stopped a van at an Arco station on La Cienega Boulevard near Interstate 405.The van was carrying three members of a Dave Brubeck tribute band and their manager. Police then allegedly started ...
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Rue Lafayette Closes
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Rue Lafayette, the Lafayette Square cafe and boutique that featured live jazz regularly on weekends, has closed. According to reports published today on STLtoday and the website of St. Louis magazine, the closing is a byproduct of divorce proceedings between proprietress Araceli Kopiloff and her co-owner and soon-to-be-ex-husband. The venue (pictured) had presented live jazz during Saturday and Sunday brunch and on occasional evenings, featuring retro jazz and swing performers such as Miss Jubilee, the Sidemen, Wack-A-Doo, and others. Miss ...
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Why Music Won't Be Saved by Social Media
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HypeBot
By Wes Davenport (@wesdavenport) from his music marketing blog. In a for AT&T, Brian Solis drops a bomb: “Hostess baked over 400,000 likes on Facebook and yet the iconic American brand is now shut down." Social media gurus/ninjas/mavens hail the power of social media to radically change a business. They write e-books, produce blog posts, and use their own networks to amplify that viewpoint. Let's look at the bigger picture. I love social media, and I think it plays a ...
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From Junk Bonds to Jazz: Pi Recordings' Yulun Wang
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Michael Ricci
Yulun Wang thinks of himself as a guy who can solve complex problems. He did it frequently during his nearly two-decade career in investment banking. After working as a quantitative analyst at Security Pacific National Bank, he shifted to municipal bond re-financings at Dillon, Reed & Co. But once the Internet bubble burst, Wang—who was, by 2002, doing junk bonds and derivatives at UBS (UBS)—decided it was time for a change. “I had no interest in working in investment banking ...
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How MySpace Totally Blew It's Big Relaunch
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HypeBot
Despite a beautiful looking redesign, the new MySpace has not gained any traction. Musicians and marketers that I've spoken to say they're not seeing any increased activity; and sadly, there's an absurdly simple reason behind MySpace's dead in the water re-start. As serial music tech entrepreneur and occasional Hypebot contributor Brenden Mulligan points out, “MySpace decided that they would erase the audience that the bands had built and ask them to start over...To put it simply, THEY DELETED THE F*CKING FANS." ...
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