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New Short Film Launched On Noted Montreal Jazz Drummer Jim Doxas

Source: Randy Cole
February 11, 2014

A film by Randy Cole Noted jazz drummer Jim Doxas speaks eloquently about color and texture, and how they define his musical ideas. Set in Montreal landmark club Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill and in the studio of artist Fung Sou, this short film puts you in the drummer's seat, and before the painter's canvas, conceptually blending the two art forms in an unexpected duet of ideas and spirit. Fung Sou's brush strokes are curiously musical, and Doxas' myriad choices ...

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Tamela D'amico Records Theme Song To Upcoming Release "Rob The Mob"

Source: Tamela D'Amico
February 11, 2014

LML recording artist/actress Tamela D'Amico has recorded the theme song “Love and the Gun" for Raymond De Felitta's upcoming crime thriller, Rob the Mob, which is released in theaters March 21, 2014. The theme song, written by Raymond De Felitta and composer Stephen Endelman, was produced by 6 time Grammy-winner, Jimmy Hoyson (translations in Italian by Tamela D'Amico and actress Josette Di Carlo). It is featured throughout the film several times, both in English and Italian. Boardwalk Empire star, Michael ...

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How to Land a Synch [A.K.A. Song Placement] in an Ad, T.V. Show or Film [Emily White]

Source: HypeBot
January 15, 2014

By Emily White of Whitesmith Entertainment, Readymade Records & Dreamfuel. Back in the day, associating one’s music with advertisements was basically the most sell-out move an artist could make. So much so that Neil Young parodied those who did so in his 1988 song and video, “This Note’s For You." A decade later, Moby shattered this notion after his album Play was rejected via traditional promotional outlets such as radio. The decision was made that every track on the album ...

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Actress, Singer Cynthia Basinet Releases Her New Music Video Of "Santa Baby" Tributing Eartha Kitt

Source: Cynthia "c." Basinet
January 9, 2014

New York- Cynthia Basinet releases her new music video of “Santa Baby" with a tribute to Eartha Kitt, the song's original siren on the 60th anniversary. “I thought it was a perfect time to give tribute to the singer that had inspired me not only vocally but with her joie de vivre." said Miss Basinet. Long considered “one of the most sultry and seductive voices around", Cynthia felt it important to pay tribute to Eartha because Cynthia's version is often ...

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'Tonight Show' Theme: Evolution

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 7, 2014

Back in 1962, when Johnny Carson was named to take over as host of The Tonight Show in New York, he needed a theme song. Carson quickly found one, and for the next 30 years, Johnny's Theme—with its drum-driven intro, brassy fanfare and swinging arrangement—became associated with late-night programming, adult humor and jazz. Most of the band's musicians were East Coast jazz artists and, later, the West Coast jazz scene, and Carson was a big fan. But while Johnny's Theme conjures ...

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Texas Jazz Featured On Jazz At Noon Series

Source: NL Cutean
December 30, 2013

Austin, TX - A live stream broadcast from Austin is giving music fans a great opportunity to see and hear what Texas Jazz is all about. Berklee grad Masumi Jones is producing the monthly Jazz At Noon series and taking it worldwide via Ustream TV. A recent episode included visiting multi instrumentalist /composer Alex Coke (Creative Opportunity Orchestra, Worthy Constituents, Willem Breuker Kollektief ), prolific post bop pianist composer Rich Harney (Gene Ramey, Carmen Bradford, Countenance, Worthy Constituents), bassist Evan ...

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Early Stan Kenton on Film

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 27, 2013

Back in the 1940s, when radio, record company and movie studio efforts began to merge, shorts were viewed as a highly strategic way to promote bands in movie theaters before feature films came on. Here's a series of short films made with Stan Kenton... Jammin' in the Panoram (1942), with Howard Rumsey on bass... Reed Rapture (1942)... Tampico with June Christy in 1945... Eager Beaver (1945)... It's Been a Long, Long Time with June Christy (1945)... ...

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How TV Sabotaged Racism

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 19, 2013

Radio's greatest achievement in the late 1940s and early 1950s may have been its ability to narrow America's racial divide. As independent radio stations flourished after World War II and the wattage of radio towers grew more powerful, young listeners had access to all types of music. Favorite records weren't chosen based on the race of musicians but whether or not the music knocked them out. With the rise of R&B during these years—an offshoot of jazz that filled the ...

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