Music Industry News

UCLA to Offer Music Publicity Course, January 2002

Source: All About Jazz

November 28, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UCLA EXTENSION TO OFFER MUSIC PUBLICITY COURSE

Six-Week Course To Bring Top Speakers From Music, Media, Internet Industries

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Journalism, Public Relations and Fundraising Department of UCLA Extension will offer for the 15th consecutive year its comprehensive “Publicity in the Music Industry" class to be taught by veteran music PR executive Cary Baker. Baker will instruct an all-day “introduction" to music publicity on Saturday, January 26, 2002, from 9 a.m.- ...

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The VINCENT/MEADER TRIO in Amsterdam NOW!

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JAZZ FOUNDATION and EXHIBIT A GALLERY

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Exhibit A Gallery - 160 Mercer Street in SoHo - in conjuction with the Jazz Foundation of America, is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Jeff Hargrave beginning on December 6, 2001 and running through January 5, 2002. A for the artist on December 6 from 6 - 9 pm will feature a jazz performance by Doc Pittman and his band. A portion of the proceeds from this exhibition will be donated to the Foundation ...

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VERVE RECORDS FOUNDER NORMAN GRANZ DIES AT 83

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Norman Granz, the founder of Verve Records, died at age 83 on Thursday, November 22nd, 2001 at his home in Geneva, Switzerland.

Granz was one of the most influential executives in the jazz world. He is known especially for founding Verve Records and the Jazz At The Philharmonic concert series. He is also respected for his fight against segregation in the 1940s and 1950s, as he paid performers equal wages and held his concerts only in non-segregated clubs.

Ron Goldstein, ...

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Weatherbirds Article

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NEW CD RELEASE: Omer Avital's

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It's inevitable that a bassist who leads a multi-horn ensemble primarily playing his own compositions and arrangements would be compared to the immortal Charles Mingus, but in the case of Israeli-born virtuoso Omer Avital, the comparison is both dead on and off the mark. Where Mingus' soul was enriched with the traditional gospel and blues-based music of his upbringing, Omer follows the same spiritual path amidst the sinuous modalities of his Middle Eastern birthright and Moroccan-Yemenite heritage.

On his stunning ...

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Made In America 9/11 Benefit Concert To Highlight Classic Never Before Heard Collaborations Between Wayne Shorter/Ruben Blades, Cassandra Wilson/Bela Fleck and Michael Brecker/John Scofield

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Three Rarely Performed Verses To Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land to be Sung by Wilson

Made In America, an all-star benefit concert from the jazz community to honor the heroes and victims of September 11, is scheduled for 8pm on Wednesday, December 5 at Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd Street, New York City.

The updated lineup includes: Kenny Barron, Ruben Blades, Terence Blanchard, Michael Brecker, Regina Carter, Bela Fleck, kd lang, Joe Lovano, Brad Mehldau, Jane Monheit, Danilo ...

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