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Terry Clarke Signs with Blue Music Group
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Michael Ricci
Grammy nominated and Juno Award winning drummer Terry Clarke signed with Blue Music Group for his release It's About Time featuring Joe Lovano, Jim Hall, Greg Osby, Phil Dwyer and Don Thompson. Terry Clarke was born on August 20, 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His natural rhythmic aptitude was obvious from an early age, and at the age of twelve, he began studying formally with the noted drum teacher and author Jim Blackley. In 1965, Terry moved to San Francisco ...
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Jazz Orchestra Cuts Back, but Not on Its Ambitions
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Michael Ricci
FEW show business ventures have more risks attached than the modern big band. And the Westchester Jazz Orchestra is hardly immune. With 17 in-demand musicians to pay, and the economy depressed, the orchestra is cutting costs by shortening the coming season to four concerts, from five last year. But the orchestra means to maintain the artistic reputation it has forged, opening the season on Sept. 26 with newly commissioned arrangements of three tunes by the celebrated guitarist John Scofield, the ...
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Record Labels File Suit Against Ellen Degeneres Show
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Michael Ricci
One day shes a judge, the next a defendant: a consortium of major record labels has filed suit against Ellen DeGeneress syndicated daytime talk show.
Saying that their copyrights to more than 1,000 songs were violated when they were played on the show without their permission, The Associated Press reported. The suit was filed Wednesday in United States District Court in Nashville by labels that include Atlantic, Capitol, Motown, Sony and Warner Brothers.
The labels say in the suit that ...
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Pianist Danilo Perez Signs with Mack Avenue Records
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DL Media
Pianist Danilo Perez Signs with Mack Avenue RecordsReturns to Perform at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz FestivalMack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of Grammy winning pianist Danilo Perez. The signing was made official at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival, where Perez returned to active performing with the Wayne Shorter Quartet after a three month layoff due to a torn achilles injury.An extraordinary Panamanian artist, composer and educator, Prez ...
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Gibson's New Zoot Suit Guitar: It's a "Zoot Suit Riot"
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Michael Ricci
Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument maker and leader in music technology, and Steve Perry of the veteran Ska band Cherry Poppin' Daddies are making a Zoot Suit music riot. Universally recognized for the hit single “Zoot Suit Riot," Steve Perry of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is now jiving away on his own Gibson SG Zoot Suit guitar. As one of the newest releases from world renown Gibson USA, the SG Zoot Suit guitar has made quite a colorful ...
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Jazz Doesn't Need to be Saved -- It's Doing Fine
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
Cultural critic Terry Teachout recently wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled 'Can Jazz Be Saved?' It caused a stir among jazz musicians, critics, cognoscenti and fans. There's even Twitter campaign to prove Teachout wrong (use #jazzlives if you want to Tweet live). The thrust of the early part of the piece quotes jazz audience statistics collected by the National Endowment of the Arts and the U.S. Census Bureau about the median age of the jazz audience getting ...
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International Songwriting Competition Deadline Approaching Soon
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All About Jazz
Music Celebs To Judge 2009 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Enter Your Songs Now! September 10, 2009 - McCoy Tyner, John Scofield, Mitchell Cohn (VP of A&R, Verve Music Group), Seymour Stein (Chairman/CEO, Sire Records); Amanda Ghost (President, Epic Records); and Monte Lipman (President/CEO, Universal Republic Records) are among the 56 music icons to select 2009 ISC winners. Drawing from the top echelon of recording artists and music industry executives, the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has assembled its most impressive group ...
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George Wein Seeks Title Sponsor for Newport Folk Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
GEORGE WEIN ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR 51st ANNUAL NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL NEW YORK, NY, September 9, 2009 - The world-renowned Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI, which was founded in 1959 by George Wein and folk icon Pete Seeger, is available for sponsorship. The festival celebrated its 50th anniversary August 1 - 2, 2009, with more than 17,000 music fans in attendance. Scheduled for July 30 - August 1, 2010, the Newport Folk Festival will bring immediate international recognition to ...
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