Music Industry News

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Sign with Ted Kurland

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2008

Legendary trumpet player Herb Alpert and his wife, internationally renowned GRAMMY-winning singer Lani Hall, have signed with the Boston, MA-based booking agency Ted Kurland Associates for worldwide representation. TKA will exclusively represent Alpert and Hall both for their performances as a duo. The move to TKA comes after Alpert and Hall's rare tour together this spring, where their legendary chemistry was spotlighted at intimate evenings of American and Brazilian jazz and American popular standards at sold-out shows for the entire ...

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George and Satch

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
July 4, 2008

A few years ago, research disclosed that Louis Armstrong was not born on the Fourth of July, 1900, but a little more than a year later. No matter; Armstrong believed that Independence Day was his birthday and identified himself with the United States of America. As his career and popularity developed and the magnitude of his genius became apparent, the country he loved--and much of the rest of the world--adopted him as a symbol of the spirit of America.

Much ...

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Global Noize:global Noize

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2008

DJ Logic and Jason Miles haven't merely epitomized the term “world music" with their brainchild Global Noize (Shanachie), but rather redefined what that vague musical classification can encompass. In creating such a diversified mixture, they've set an entirely new bar of what the genre is capable of implying. Blending flavors of funk, jazz, calypso, Afrobeat, reggae and Arabic music, to name a few, the album takes listeners on an auditory odyssey around the entire planet, making stops at notable locales ...

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Spotlight: In the Middle, the Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
July 3, 2008

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Aid for Ernestine Anderson

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
July 3, 2008

It appears that Ernestine Anderson is going to be able to stay in her house--at least for now. News of the seventy-nine-year-old singer's impending eviction traveled quickly around the world last week, and people responded. Help came from fans, old friends--including Quincy Jones--and just plain folks who sympathized. Here are the most recent essential facts from The Seattle Post Intelligencer.

Folks over the weekend held benefits. And dozens upon dozens in the city, across the state and nationwide ...

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Live Nation Dishes Ticketmaster

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2008

Live Nation moved a step closer to becoming its own ticketing entity when their contract ends with Ticketmaster

Live Nation at year's end by hiring a chief executive to oversee the ticketing unit. Nathan Hubbard was hired as CEO of the new division after serving in the same position at Musictoday, another ticketing company Live Nation purchased in 2006. Hubbard is expected to build a platform that will enable Live Nation to handle the expected 20 million tickets it intends ...

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Herbie Hancock | 06.23.08 | New York

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2008

Words by: Nick Atlas | Images by: Amanda Ryan Albion

Herbie Hancock :: 06.23.08 :: Carnegie Hall :: New York, NY

Lionel Loueke New York's Carnegie Hall was buzzing with electricity as a packed house journeyed through previously uncharted symphonic soundscapes with jazz master Herbie Hancock and his latest ensemble.

The night began with a breakthrough performance by the Lionel Loueke Trio, a Berklee College of Music-born project featuring Massimo Biolcati on bass, Ferenc ...

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Jazz Museum Trumpets Its Budget Achievement

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

It's an accomplishment that the head of the American Jazz Museum enjoys talking about. On July 1, Gregory Carroll, executive director of the museum, will have been on the job for exactly one year. At a recent meeting of the museum's board, Carroll provided a bit of positive news. For the fiscal year that just wrapped up, the museum, which receives a subsidy from the city, actually made a small profit. And that's amazing, considering the economy. Shortly after Carroll ...

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