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'Sesame Street' at 40: Reading, Writing and Always Welcoming Jazz
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Michael Ricci
If you recognize those big bird (or, rather, Big Bird) feet on Google today, it's because your favorite search engine is marking the 40th anniversary of “Sesame Street." That's right, for 40 years--and some 4,000 episodes--the denizens of “Sesame Street" have played a vital role in introducing the children of America to some of the most important things in life. There's been plenty of reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic, to be sure, but Ernie, Bert and all the rest have never ...
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Daysahead Joins Missile Productions Lineup
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ADA Creative Communications
Laurel, MD - Daysahead, a rock, jazz and soul-infused band that has made an indelible impression in the indie music industry, has joined Missile Productions, a multi-genre, live music booking agency with more than 170 bands on its roster.
“Missile Productions is a great fit for our music and we look forward to partnering with them to broaden our fan base in the Northeast," said Steve Wright, co-founder and lead guitarist for Daysahead.
Based in Baltimore, Md., Missile Productions specializes ...
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Is the Pot Calling the Kettle Black?
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
I got a chuckle today when reading a Web posting (Kenny G Steps Back Into the Spotlight) by AOL's PopEater entertainment news and celebrity gossip site about the Pied Piper of non-jazz saxophonists. It's an update on his career including work on a track ironically called “I'm Your Daddy" on alternate rock band Weeezer's latest album, Ratitude. The saxophonist (I get a kick whenever the esteemed New York Times refers to him as “Mr. G" on second reference) ...
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The Youth Movement + New Music
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See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
There's been a lot of chat on the jazz internet about the music “dying" and a lack of interest from young people. That may be true in some areas but, over the past few years, a number of fine young musicians under the age of 35 have created some impressive music. Performers/composers such as saxophonists Sam Sadigursky and Noah Preminger, guitarist Julian Lage, composer Nicholas Urie, and pianist Taylor Eigsti are among a heady crop of young folks striving to ...
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Kompoz Offers Collaborative Self-Publishing
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HypeBot
Music collaboration site Kompoz, has launched an online publishing feature which allows musicians to self-publish collaborative projects while retaining all rights to the original work.
Musicians can use Kompoz to launch a project, work with other musicians around the world to complete the song, publish it and offer customized licensing options for use in films, TV, and other commercial projects extending the Creative Commons license attached to each song. The system generates a custom PDF license agreement with pricing
options ...
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Jazz Bums
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Indaba Music Artist in Residence with Greg Osby
Somewhere along the way, I haven't determined exactly when, it became acceptable for some musicians to think showing up for live (Jazz) performances wearing the same clothes that they wear anywhere else is the thing to do. These days it isn't that uncommon that a patron of the music, with hard-earned cash in hand, will venture out for an evening with hopes of enjoying some high art but instead will be offered a gig where some of the cats who ...
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Sweet Rhythm Quietly Ends Run as Village Jazz Stage
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Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel
The 7th Ave. home in the '80s and early '90s of Gil Evans' last orchestra, David Murray's octets, Abdullah Ibrahim's bands, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy and other avant-gutsy acts closed last night (Oct. 24) without notice or fanfare. Sweet Rhythm nee Sweet Basil was one of the coolest spots to listen, drink and hang out in Greenwich Village, a wood-paneled room with fine sound, sightlines, bookings and bartender, but it never recovered from what its most recent owner described as ...
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