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Don't Let Something as Wonderful as Jazz Slip Away
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Michael Ricci
Regarding Terry Teachout's “Can Jazz Be Saved?The audience for America's great art form is withering away" (Leisure & Arts, Aug. 8): Miles Davis once said that “jazz is folk music"a music enjoyed by folks for entertainment, inspiration and even sometimes to provoke thought. It was Miles's music and overall persona that people found entertaining. Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were once performing together in a ballroom in Harlem and Diz was overheard telling Bird that “We better be careful 'cause ...
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Singer Bobby Brown
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All About Jazz
An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown after he failed to appear in a Massachusetts court on a contempt complaint.
Norfolk Judge Christina Harms ordered Brown arrested the next time the singer is in Massachusetts. He failed to appear at a June 29 hearing.
Register of Probate Patrick McDermott said Friday that by June, Brown had fallen $45,000 behind in child support payments for the two teenage children he had with former girlfriend Kim Ward.
The 40-year-old Brown ...
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Does Holywood Share the Same Problems as the Record Industry?
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HypeBot
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor
In his article, Paul Suarez of PC World rightly observes that, “Hollywood has a problem. It's red, boxy, lets you rent DVDs for $1 a night, and is severely threatening movie studios from making money. The threat is Redbox self-serve DVD rental kiosks outside McDonalds and in grocery stores."
Further detailing how major motion picture company's like 20th Century Fox have, “ordered its wholesalers not to sell DVD discs to Redbox until 30 ...
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10 Major Milestones in Modern Music Marketing
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HypeBot
1. Seth Godin writes “Permission Marketing“ way back in 1999 pointing the way towards a new era of artist and fan relationships.
2. CD Baby offers indie and d.i.y. artists a home to reach a wider audience on the net.
3. The Arctic Monkeys parlay internet pre-release buzz into the fastest selling debut album in UK history.
4. OK GO proves the power of YouTube with an ultra-low budget “treadmill" video “Here We Go Again“ 5. TuneCore tears ...
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Michael Jackson's Doctor Left Singer Alone After Giving Him Powerful Drug
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Michael Ricci
Michael Jacksons personal physician left the performer alone and under the influence of a powerful anesthetic to make telephone calls the morning the pop singer died, according to three people familiar with the investigation.
By the time he returned, Jackson had stopped breathing, the sources said.
Dr. Conrad Murray, identified in court records as a suspect in a police manslaughter investigation, legally acquired the operating room drug, propofol, from a Las Vegas pharmacy and gave it to Jackson as treatment ...
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Jazz and the Passion Crisis
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Next week marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock--the festival that all but doomed whatever hope jazz had of reviving its popularity with the young masses. So what better time for many jazz writers to insist that jazz today is wildly popular with kids--and to beat up on one of our own for saying that's not the case.
Last Saturday, jazz writer, author and drama critic Terry Teachout wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal entitled: Can Jazz Be Saved? ...
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Lucinda Williams: 30th Ann Tour
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JamBase
Lucinda Williams Announces 30th Anniversary Tour Three Night Stands In NYC & Chicago To Feature Sets From Select Periods Of her Career
Lucinda Williams Three-time Grammy Award-winner Lucinda Williams announces a series of special performances to celebrate her 30th anniversary as a recording artist.
The 30th Anniversary Tour begins on September 18 with a very special show at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. On October 3, 4 & 5 Williams will play a three-night stand at New York's ...
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