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Herbie Hancock Named New Los Angeles Philharmonic Creative Chair for Jazz
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All About Jazz
Grammy-winning pianist Herbie Hancock will take over for bassist Christian McBride next year as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's creative chair for jazz.
The 69-year-old Hancock says the two-year stint involves choosing artists to perform at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
Hancock says he wants to integrate jazz with other genres, from dance to film and computer graphics.
Hancock is also working on a new album he describes as “peace through global collaboration," with guests including Chaka ...
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Another New Model: Label Signed by Artist
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HypeBot
The Blue Scholars Sign Label Duck Down It's not a typo - Seattle's Blue Scholars did not sign to the sign to the indie hip hop label Duck Down label. Instead, the band hired the label to handle marketing and other functions for several of their releases. Using money from an innovative partnership with Caffe Vita Coffee Co., who will also handle local distribution, the band hired Duck Down. According ...
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St. Louis Jazz Presenters Get NEA Stimulus Funds
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act recently passed by the U.S. Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts got additional funding to distribute to arts organizations across the country. Those funds are intended to help preserve jobs that otherwise might be threatened by the recession, and according to an item on the Post-Dispatch's Culture Club blog from classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller (and this report from the St. Louis Business Journal that was picked up by business ...
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The Album is Dead, Long Live the App
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All About Jazz
The iTunes music store sells single songs at approximately the same price, with artist presented in more or less the same way.
Apples app store, however, is still somewhat like the wild west (at least as far as music goes), where the rules are being made up in real time. Artists and labels can sell music alongside other digital offerings through the app store at any price from zero to $999.99.
As we suggested last summer, this creates an opportunity ...
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Michael Jackson Was Killed by a Shot of Powerful Painkiller Demerol Given by an Aide as His Personal Medic Dr Conrad Murray Slept
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All About Jazz
Dr Murray is reported to have confessed to cops that he had ALREADY given the singer surgical anaesthetic Propofol that same day. Jackson is feared to have woken when the effects wore off and demanded pain relief.
The Demerol was duly administered by the compliant aide - with devastating effects. The combination of Demerol and Propofol, known by the brand name Diprivan, triggered a massive heart attack.
Sources have claimed the cardiologist was asleep and therefore not paying attention when ...
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Conditioned to Steal: Popular Music and Obsolescence in America
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HypeBot
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor
To understand the MTV Generation, the Millennials, and the epidemic of file-sharing that has preceded them, Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Outliers, might argue that not only do you have to look beyond the individuals, but also you have to understand the culture that they are a part of and where they came from. With this, you must be able to appreciate the idea that the values of the world ...
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10,000 Lakes | 07.22 - 07.25 | MN
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JamBase
Words by: Herschel Concepcion | Images by: Norman Sands
10,000 Lakes Music Festival :: 07.22.09 - 07.26.09 :: Soo Pass Ranch :: Detroit Lakes, MN
10KLF 2009 The 7th annual 10,000 Lakes Music Festival saw the return of Widespread Panic (who last played the fest in 2005) as well as newcomers Wilco and the Dave Matthews Band. The caliber of these world-class acts ensures 10KLF's position as a major contender in the festival circuit. With an attendance of 18,000 ...
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