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JFJO: Beethoven, Icons, More
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JamBase
A BUSY 2009 CONTINUES FOR FREEDOM JAZZ SUPERHEROES
JFJO :: 02.12.09 :: Oakland, CA :: By Josh Miller In an effort to out-prolific their already well established business, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey continues to stomp forward in the new year. This week, the quartet went into Josh Roseman' s 58N6 Media Labs in Brooklyn to record Beethoven's 3rd and 6th symphonies, as well as a new EP featuring some of the material the newly minted four-piece have been doing on ...
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Top 7 Music Licensing Sites
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HypeBot
Here in no particular order is a list of seven companies that help artists place their music in film, television, commercials, games, etc.
Rumblefish - Licensing for television, film, advertisements, websites, videos, games, podcasts, and sonic branding - e.g. your music inside your local Gap. Gamecues - Licensing for the gaming industry. YouLicense - Music licensing marketplace - essentially, their system enables artists and those seeking music to conduct business directly with each other. Pump Audio - ...Continue Reading
Wilco Add More Dates
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JamBase
WILCO ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOURING SCHEDULE PLUS KNOXVILLE IN-STORE APPEARANCE, NEW CONCERT DVD, FREE DOWNLOAD AND MORE
Wilco Wilco have unveiled new concert dates as part of their upcoming North American summer tour. The newest dates include performances at The Joint in Las Vegas, Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, Maine State Pier in Portland, ME and Art Park in Lewiston, NY. Additionally they will play concerts at four East Coast ballparks: ...
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Help Save S.F. Music Venues
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JamBase
Help Save S.F. Local Music Venues
As you may have heard, San Francisco music venues Cafe du Nord, Bottom of the Hill, Great American Music Hall and Slim's are currently embroiled in a ridiculous legal battle with the Alcohol and Beverage Control - front page news on SF Gate on April 11.
Those venues could be forced to close, owners say, if the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, better known as ABC, continues to impose rules that club attorneys ...
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Paul Williams to Lead ASCAP
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All About Jazz
Multihyphenate Paul Williams has been elected chairman and prexy of the songwriters rights org ASCAP.
Williams will succeed Marilyn Bergman, who announced her resignation as after 15 years at the helm of ASCAP earlier this month. Williams, who has been an ASCAP board member for the past eight years and vice chairman for two years, was elected Thursday ayem at the ASCAP board of directors meeting in Nashville.
Williams' canon includes such indelible pop hits as “We've Only Just Begun," ...
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David Amram on Blossom Dearie
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1955, jazz French hornist and composer David Amram was in Paris playing and recording with saxophonist Bobby Jaspar. Jaspar was married to singer Blossom Dearie at the time. When Dearie died in February, I e-mailed David for his recollections. But for some reason David's response never arrived.
While catching up with David the other day, I asked if he had ever received my note. He said he did and that he had replied immediately. Puzzled, David went into his ...
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David Buck Wheat Early Living Legend of Jazz in San Francisco
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All About Jazz
David Wheat played guitar with many of the big bands in the 1950's and performed with the Playboy Jazz All Stars in 1959. He recorded with Chet Baker Trio on “Embraceable You", “My Funny Valentine" and “There's a Lull in My Life" in 1957.
Baker's soft moody vocals (no trumpet) were accompanied by only David on nylon string acoustical guitar with bassist Ross Savakus.
With lyricist Bill Loughborough, David wrote the jazz classic, “Better Than Anything", going on to write ...
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Ray Brown Defined the Modern Jazz Rhythm Section
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All About Jazz
Grammy Award-winning double-bassist Ray Brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section -- in addition to being a first-rate soloist.
His unique dynamic and innate sense of swing graced performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson and countless others.
Raymond Matthews Brown was born October 13, 1926, in Pittsburgh, PA -- birthplace to many jazz greats. His musical education began with piano lessons, but when he discovered how many pianists there were in his ...
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