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IN + OUT RECORDS Announces Exclusive U.S. National Distribution Through the Allegro Media Group with New Releases from Billy Cobham, Odean Pope and James Blood Ulmer
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Michael Ricci
IN + OUT RECORDS, one of Europe's most enterprising and acclaimed independent jazz labels, with a reputation as a producer of recordings of the highest musical and technical quality established through its twenty plus years of releasing cutting edge music created by both American and European artists. The objective of the label, which was founded by Frank Kleinschmidt in Freiburg, Germany in 1988, is to produce sound and video recordings of innovative contemporary jazz music using state-of-the-art technology. Named after ...
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IN + OUT RECORDS announces new releases from Johnny Griffin, the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen, and Ratko Zjaca with John Patitucci, Steve Gadd and Randy Brecker
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Michael Ricci
IN + OUT RECORDS, one of Europe's most enterprising and acclaimed independent jazz labels, with a reputation as a producer of recordings of the highest musical and technical quality established through its twenty-plus years of releasing cutting edge music created by both American and European artists, announces its second release of new recordings to be distributed exclusively in the United States by the Allegro Media Group. Following up on its initial Allegro distributed release of recordings by Billy Cobham, Odean ...
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Other Places: Barkan to the Rescue
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Jimmy Heath recently said he's been hearing since he was a youngster that jazz is dying. The saxophonist and composer/arranger will be 84 in October. Joining him in discounting death rumors is a younger man, the veteran entrepreneur Todd Barkan, who runs the oddly named but vital Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, a bastion of jazz in New York City. Barkan is preparing a fall festival designed to help insure the music's vitality by bringing together some of its wise elders with ...
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Herb Alpert's sculptures, like visual jazz
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Michael Ricci
The famed trumpet player's abstract works are on display in Beverly Hills. Standing in a forest of sinuous, black totems spiraling into the lofty heights of the main room at Ace Gallery Beverly Hills, Herb Alpert is surrounded by an art form he has practiced for the last two decades--sculpture. By his account and that of those who know him, he's a man who lives on the right side of his brain--he percolates on the creative and the intuitive. “I ...
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Al Jarreau Stable After Heart Problems
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Michael Ricci
Jazz and soul music legend Al Jarreau is in a stable condition in a Southern French hospital. This after the performer was hospitalized in the small Alpine town of Gap after complaining of a rapid heartbeat. He was moved to Marseille from Gap and he is reported to have stabilized. He is reported to have thanked the staff at Gap hospital for saving his life. Jarreau has won seven Grammy awards in his career for his pop, jazz and soul ...
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VMG Worldwide Signs Bob DeSena
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All About Jazz
Latin Jazz Artist/Producer Bob DeSena Chooses VMG Worldwide For Exclusive Representation Atlanta, GA--VMG Worldwide, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vexiom Corporation, is one of the world's most preeminent and diversified sports, entertainment, and media companies, is proud to announce the signing of well respected Latin Jazz recording artist and producer Bob DeSena to an exclusive worldwide agreement. VMG Worldwide will also handle global marketing for his upcoming third album “After Midnight" which is scheduled to be released late 2010. “We ...
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U.S. Pledges to Speed up Visa Process for Artists
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AAJ Staff
U.S. Pledges To Speed Up Visa Process For Artists By Ben Sisario
Addressing years of complaints about slow and inconsistent processing of visa applications for foreign performing artists, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services told arts groups this week that it was making an effort to speed up and improve its visa operations.
In a meeting on Tuesday in Washington, at the headquarters of the agency--a division of the Department of Homeland Security--officials said that standard applications for ...
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Five Reasons for a Musician to Consider the Creative Commons
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We All Make Music
If you want to understand the need for a Creative Commons approach to copyright law for musicians, you could do worse than to visit San Francisco. When you get there, take the 1-California Muni bus to the Outer Richmond District, get off at the 22nd Avenue stop, cross the street to the Bazaar Cafe, and ask for Les Wisner.
Wisner founded the place in 1998, and he runs it with his wife. You can order some tea, a beer, a ...
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