Music Industry News

Gat3 Names Wade Starnes Director of Digital Media

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

Wade Starnes brings over 25 years of music industry experience to Gat3 Charlotte, NC, June 30, 2008--Gat3 today announced that Wade Starnes has been named Director of Digital Media. Wade Starnes will work with major motion picture, television, and gaming industries in addition to producing and engineering projects for music artists. Gat3 president, Glenn Tabor remarks “Wade is one of those truly rare people. The many talents he brings to Gat3 are beyond astonishing, however, the friendship and positive spirit ...

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Bruce Janu: Sinatra and Sudan

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 30, 2008

It sometimes takes Rifftides posts a while to catch up with their subjects. On August 22, 2006, I reported the results of research into the matter of a high school teacher who received a lot of attention in 1993 for using Frank Sinatra to punish miscreant students. Sinatra did not come to class to administer the discipline. Bruce Janu, the teacher, made the wayward kids listen to Sinatra recordings. Over the weekend, Mr. Janu, who teaches at John Hershey High ...

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How to Pose Perfect Campaign Question '08

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2008

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When Ambassadors Had Rhythm

Source: Michael Ricci
June 29, 2008

When Ambassadors Had Rhythm Louis Armstrong House Museum

HALF a century ago, when America was having problems with its image during the cold war, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the United States representative from Harlem, had an idea. Stop sending symphony orchestras and ballet companies on international tours, he told the State Department. Let the world experience what he called “real Americana": send out jazz bands instead. Jazz Ambassadors A photography exhibition of those concert tours, titled “Jam Session: ...

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Mickey Hart Band Tour

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2008

Mickey Hart Band Tour

Mickey Hart Band Mickey Hart is enjoying one of his busiest years ever with multiple new releases, collaborations, and up-and-coming tours. Hart will be touring behind the Mickey Hart Band this summer with a lineup that is a dream team of some of the best musicians in the live music scene.

The 18 city tour this summer includes appearances at many of the nations premiere festivals. The outing comes on the heels of the Shout! Factory ...

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Tributes to Bob Florence

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 28, 2008

Friends and admirers of Bob Florence, including his Limited Edition band, gathered at the Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood on June 15 to pay tribute to the arranger, composer, leader and pianist.. Florence died exactly a month earlier at the age of seventy-five. In Florence's honor, the piano remained silent. A jazz fan and videographer, Mike Kaiser, captured the Limited Edition playing Billy Strayhorn's “Chelsea Bridge in Florence's arrangement and posted it on the Daily Motion web site. The ...

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Ask David Amram

Source: Night Lights Classic Jazz
June 27, 2008

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Revisiting Latin Jazz Classics: Manhattan Mambo, Hilton Ruiz

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
June 27, 2008

he Revisiting series features albums from the past that played a significant role in Latin Jazz history. The purpose of this series is to introduce new Latin Jazz listeners to important albums and look back at these albums in historical perspective. Each entry will jump to a different point in Latin Jazz history - this week well visit 1992. When a Latin Jazz musician reaches their artistic prime, the future either holds possibilities or lost potential. Fueled by creative fires, ...

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