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Mark Crooks joins The Clare Teal Band

Source: All About Jazz

Mark Crooks joins the Clare Teal Band

Following the departure of regular reeds player Trevor Whiting to join The Chris Barber Band, we are proud to announce that top Sax and Clarinet player Mark Crooks has joined The Clare Teal Band as a full member. Mark has taken up the post already and can be seen live with Clare as she tours the country. Mark will also be featuring heavily on Clare’s third album for Candid Records that is to ...

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Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format

Source: All About Jazz

Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue. Nicknamed the Record, the new format takes the form of a black, vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a specially designed turntable.

“We can state with absolute certainty that no computer in the world can access the data on ...

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Concord Records Signs Grammy Award-Winning Ozomatli

Source: All About Jazz

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Jazzwise Blog Goes Live

Source: All About Jazz

Check out the Jazzwise weblog, or 'blog', that has just gone live. It's a daily diary/noticeboard with plenty of news and gossip to keep you up to date with what's going on in the jazz world. Go straight to www.jazzwise.blogspot.com to find out more. It's easy to take part: drop the editor Stephen Graham a line at [email protected] and you can be posting away in no time. Jazzwise is Britain's leading jazz magazine. Go to www.jazzwise.com for a flavour of ...

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Peter Cincotti Debuts At Number 2 On Billboard Jazz Chart

Source: All About Jazz

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RKM Music Poised for 2003

Source: All About Jazz

Since the inception of the jazz business over 80 years ago, progressive-minded jazz musicians have yearned for both the artistic freedom and career control that the creation and ownership of their own recordings would provide. Today, with label cutbacks resulting from the retail crisis and the availability of free product on the Internet, combined with the access to affordable high quality recording technology, more and more musicians are talking about self-empowerment through issuing their own recordings.

But two outstanding musicians ...

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Trumpet Star Terence Blanchard Signs With Blue Note Records

Source: All About Jazz

Trumpeter, composer and bandleader Terence Blanchard has inked a deal with Blue Note Records and is currently putting the final touches on his debut recording for the label, which is tentatively scheduled for a release in August or September of this year. The record is co-produced by Blanchard and Michael Cuscuna, and features his working band: pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Brandon Owens, drummer Eric Harland, guitarist Lionel Loueke and saxophonist Brice Winston.

Pictured in Blue Note's Manhattan office are (L-R): ...

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Jazz Pianist Danilo Perez Named Artistic Advisor Of New Kimmel Center Presents Jazz Series

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Mellon Jazz Up Close: Dreaming of Dizzy will Celebrate Dizzy Gillespie in Series of Exclusive, One-Night-Only Performances

PHILADELPHIA-One of the most creative and respected young lions of jazz, pianist and composer Danilo Perez, has been named Artistic Advisor of an exciting and innovative new jazz series announced today as part of Kimmel Center Presents 2003-2004 season lineup.

Kimmel Center Presents Mellon Jazz Up Close: Dreaming of Dizzy has been curated by Perez and will feature a series of five exclusive, ...

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