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Brazil's Beat Seduces Jazz Greats
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JamaicaMusic Offbeat
OLINDA, Brazil (AFP)—Brazil's unique tropical blend of samba-rock-guitar known as MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) has exerted an irrepressible influence on modern jazz, masters of the genre say. “Since I played with John Coltrane in 1961, I started using open intervals on the chords, distributing the notes of each chord broadly on the piano so the other musicians could play their solos," McCoy Tyner, a US pianist considered one of jazz's all-time greats, told AFP. That technique mirrored one also used ...
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AEG Responds to Jackson Family Lawsuit...
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Digital Music News
AEG Live is now slamming a Jackson family lawsuit as both unsubstantiated and without merit. The suit, filed by MJ's mom Katherine Jackson, accuses AEG of creating the conditions that led to Michael's death. But AEG pointed out that Dr. Conrad Murray—now battling charges of involuntary manslaughter—was hired by Michael, not AEG, and the responsibility ended there. Katherine alleges that AEG should have provided proper medical equipment and more closely monitored Murray, who is not named in the suit. “Dr. ...
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Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Partners with Famed Greenwich Village Jazz Club Fat Cat to Launch New York City All-Star Youth Big Band
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Two for the Show Media
NEW YORK—The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) announced today its invitation to New York City's finest young musicians to sit under the directorship of Arturo O'Farrill, leader of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), and be a part of an elite all-city youth big band hosted by the famed Greenwich Village jazz club Fat Cat, called the Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats. “The best thing about my work is the chance to interact with young musicians, and this ...
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Facebook fans say Tina Turner For Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Shaun M. Rasmussen
Facebook is at it again! This time in support of rock n' rolls most glamorous rocker, Tina Turner. Three fans in New York, Germany and the United Kingdom joined forces to start a campaign on the social networking site facebook to get the iconic rocker the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Since Shaun Rasmussen, Anja Offerman and Richard Hudson founded the page, more than 10,000 people have signed up in support of Ms. Turner. To handle the level of fans ...
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Laurie Pepper and the Pirates
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Laurie Pepper is one smart cookie. When I interviewed her for my Wall Street Journal article on business-minded spouses of deceased jazz greats (Laurie is Art Pepper's widow), she told me the secret of her success: Making friends with worldwide collectors of bootleg recordings and releasing the material they send her on her Widow's Taste label. It's a brilliant move when you think about it. Why hate when you can love and make money? Now Laurie has outdone herself—and has ...
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eMusic Close to Signing More Major Labels as Part of Planned November Relaunch
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HypeBot
eMusic is reportedly working on deals with EMI and Universal as part of a plan to relaunch its subscription music service in November. They already have deals with WMG, Sony and many independent labels. Despite the addition of more major labels, the site is not abandoning its subscription model which offers plans like 24 downloads a month for $12. But there will be some other big changes on the new site. Free downloads will be used less often to lure ...
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Bill Zavatsky's Ode to Bill Evans
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Pianist Bill Evans died 30 years ago today. I attended the service for Evans in September 1980 at St. Peter's Church in the base of New York's Citicorp Center. I still remember poet Bill Zavatsky [pictured] reading his poem, To the Pianist Bill Evans. As a tribute to Evans, here is Zavatsky's poem: To the Pianist Bill Evans When I hear you play “My Foolish Heart" I am clouded remembering more than Scott LaFaro's ...
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Yellowjackets Sign with Mack Avenue Records: Announced at the 2010 Detroit International Jazz Festival
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DL Media
Mack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of Grammy® award winning jazz group, the Yellowjackets. The signing was made official at the 2010 Detroit International Jazz Festival, where the group headlined on the Carhartt Amphitheatre Stage. Comprised of saxophonist Bob Mintzer, keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Will Kennedy (who was a member of the group from 1986-1998 and returned this year), the group joins the Mack Avenue family during its 30th anniversary of making music. ...
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