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Dirty Dozen Brass Band Sign With Savoy Jazz, New Album "Twenty Dozen" Set for Release May 1st
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Michael Ricci
Band Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary With Live Dates Including BAM Residency With Dr. John & Headlining Jazz Fest SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Exactly thirty five years ago born in the New Orleans neighborhood of Treme, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band revolutionized the New Orleans brass band by incorporating funk and bebop into the traditional style. Anchored by original members Roger Lewis, Kevin Harris, Gregory Davis, Efrem Towns and Kirk Joseph, the band has signed with ...
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Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Application Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm (EST)
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Michael Ricci
Phase 1: Intensive August 7-11, 2012 UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Phase 2: Readings, April-June, 2013 The Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) will bring together up to 35 jazz composers, working in jazz, improvised, and creative music, whose work demonstrates excellent musicianship, originality, and potential for future growth in orchestral composition, to explore composition for symphony orchestra. Previous hands-on orchestral experience is not expected, but applicants should address how increasing their skills, knowledge and experience with orchestral instruments will ...
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Collectively, the Major Labels Still License 80% of Downloads Sold in America...
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Digital Music News
That's according to the fairly massive legal team representing the Temptations, who are now suing Universal Music Group in federal court. The group is filing against UMG over a number of royalty concerns, and part of a growing class action lawsuit sparked by Eminem's publishing group, F.B.T. Productions. “It is estimated that the licensing of master recordings generated $4.6 billion in revenue for record labels in 2010, or roughly 29 percent of their total revenue," the complaint, filed by Beverly ...
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Clark Terry Home from Hospital; Benefit to be Held Monday, April 23 in NYC
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
According to a blog post yesterday from his wife Gwen, the legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry (pictured) is back home from the hospital and doing well after the amputation of his left leg. Terry, who's 91, has been in and out of the hospital since October, and earlier also lost his right leg to complications from diabetes. He is getting professional physical therapy five days a week at home, along with home-care visits from nurses three times ...
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On Creating the New Record Label
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HypeBot
Guest post by Tyler Hayes, founder of Liisten.com, an independent music discovery site. Maybe you disagree that the way record labels operate is broken, or maybe you're signed to one and can't share your true feelings. Either way, here are some ideas, dreams, and wishes for what something new might look like. I've thought for some time that the “new record label" should be similar in function to venture capital, or, more simply, a loan. The band or artist borrows ...
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Even More Surprises!
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AAJ Staff
Seal, Patrick Watson, Patricia Barber & Kenny Werner Duo, Emir Kusturica, Timber Timbre, Tord Gustavsen in four Invitation series concerts, as well as stage musical The Rat Pack Is Back! and the must-see Battle of the Bands with The Duke Ellington Orchestra vs The Count Basie Orchestra Tickets on sale Friday at noon. Exclusive pre-sale for Spectra Newsletter subscribers: starts tomorrow! Montreal, Tuesday, March 13, 2012—Organizers of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented by TD in collaboration with ...
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds' Kim Wilson Demands Rush Limbaugh Stop Using His Music
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Anne Leighton
The Fabulous Thunderbirds' lead singer Kim Wilson has officially demanded that Rush Limbaugh cease and desist broadcast of any music written, recorded or published by Kim and his band in any context related to or concerning any radio or television broadcast of, by or about Rush Limbaugh. Kim Wilson's memo was issued on Tuesday, March 6 to Clear Channel Communications, Premiere Networks and Broadcasting and Rush Limbaugh directly. Over the years Rush has played the Thunderbirds' “Tuff Enuff" and other ...
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Andy Warhol's Jazz Gigs
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
There are many paintings for which Andy Warhol is far better known than the few album covers he made in his salad days. Nonetheless, those covers—like everything he produced, from images of soup cans to those of Marilyn Monroe—are collectors items going for phenomenal prices. I just saw a website offering a mint copy of the Prestige Trombone For Three album for nearly $900 US, plus shipping from Sweden. Since the album is available in CD form with a non-Warhol ...
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