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Correspondence: Two Young Pianists
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Rifftides reader Peter Myers writes:In your liner notes from the great Christmas present CD I received, The Art and Soul of Houston Person, you mentioned a gifted 19-year-old jazz musician who plays few standards. I wondered if you were talking about Eldar. I was looking forward to seeing him at the Clearwater, FL Jazz Holiday back in October. I came away disappointed for the same reason. He played mostly his own compositions. Brilliant though he may be, his choice ...
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UK Interest Rates Cut to Lowest Since 1694
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All About Jazz
Bank of England cuts interest rates to lowest level in bank's 315-year history
The Bank of England on Thursday cut interest rates to the lowest level in its 315-year history, taking it into uncharted territory as it attempts to ward off a prolonged recession. The half point cut in interest rates -- to 1.5 percent -- sees the central bank nearing the limits of conventional monetary policy after trims totaling 3.5 percentage points since the beginning of October and as ...
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Bailing out the Arts
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With investment banks, auto manufacturers, and various other industries getting multi-billion dollar bailouts from the federal government, and Congress debating a major economic stimulus package that could include everything from major infrastructure spending to more tax cuts, is now also a good time to invest more federal money in the arts?In an op-ed published last week in the Washington Post titled “No Bailout For the Arts?", Michael Kaiser, the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the ...
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More "Best Jazz of 2008" Lists
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
A few more additions to the list of “Best Jazz of 2008" lists: 2008: A Year of Jazz Tumult, Controversy and Achievements, by Ken Franckling for AllAboutJazz.com Nate Chinen, New York Times - Standouts in Rap, Jazz and Country (multi-genre list) Troy Collins (AllAboutJazz.com) - Best Jazz of 2008 Hartford Courant's Richard Kamins - Best of 2008, parts one, two, three and four. Jazz.com's Best Visitor Comments of 2008, compiled by Alan Kurtz Jazz Journalists ...
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Our Friend Dizzy
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
As readers of Rifftides know by now, The Wall Street Journal provides more than financial news and market reports. The newspaper has a Leisure And Arts section with extensive, varied, informed cultural coverage. It includes writing about music by several contributors. I am happy to be one on occasion. In today's WSJ, Nat Hentoff brings together his friendship with Dizzy Gillespie and the need to care for sick or injured musicians with little or no health insurance....dying of pancreatic ...
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Led Zeppelin Looking to Tour and Record Without Plant
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JamBase
Led Zeppelin Looking To Record Album and Tour Without Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin Reports have surfaced that Led Zeppelin is looking to tour and record a new album without original pipes man Robert Plant. According to a report on NME, Jimmy Page's manager Peter Mensch confirmed that the band would move forward if they could find the appropriate singer.
“Jimmy Page has been playing guitar professionally since he was 16-years-old. Jimmy Page likes being a musician. That's what he does! ...
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Meet the People Who Can Save Rock & Roll
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All About Jazz
How to Save Rock & Roll Nine insiders who are reshaping the music biz for 2009 and beyond
Ali and Hadi Partovi Founders of iLike.com
The Big Idea: Founded iLike, the top music application on Facebook, creating an interconnected universe of 30 million fans.
Why It Matters: iLike elegantly connects the world of social networking and music fandom and encourages those 140 million Facebook-ers to sample new acts and make playlists and ...
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Gretsch's 125th Anniversary Limited Edition Progressive Jazz
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All About Jazz
125th Anniversary Celebration In 1883 Friedrich Gretsch established the Gretsch musical instrument business in a small shop in Brooklyn and a heritage was born.
Over the past 125 years, Gretsch Drums has blossomed to develop a musical legacy featuring industry innovations, a hall of fame endorsement roster and - of course - 'That Great Gretsch Sound'.
Progressive Jazz Trap Set Gretschs Progressive Jazz kit is modeled after the classic Gretsch Birdland kit from the ...
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