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Jazz Vocalist PJ Parker's Original Song Included In New Movie
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Bill Bowman
Asbury Park, NJ: Jazz vocalist PJ Parker's original song, “Dreams Are Meant For Two,” with music written by her late father, jazz pianist Thomas E. Parker, will make its motion picture debut in Joe Basile’s “West End,” screening at the Garden State Film Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The screening takes place at the Paramount Theater in this seaside city. The song, which is also performed by Parker, appears during an opening scene with Eric Roberts (Runaway Train) and ...
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Edward Bland: 'Cry of Jazz'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Edward Bland died of cancer at his home in Smithfield, Va. on March 14 at 86. Bland was a musician, composer and arranger, according to the New York Times's obit, but he also made one film—Cry of Jazz. When the 34-minute film about jazz from the black perspective was released in 1959, it triggered debate among leading intellectuals. In 1998, Bland said in an interview: “It was considered the work of madmen when it was originally released. Black racists. At ...
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Live Streaming Launches: BitTorrent Live and ShowGo.TV
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HypeBot
Live streaming is seeing steady growth in 2013 after a year of trending news in 2012. Yesterday's announcement at SXSW that BitTorrent Live is now in open Beta is a huge development in the space that's been under development since at least as far back as 2009. In addition, ShowGo.tv launched rather quietly last month at SF MusicTech Summit, but they got TechCrunched so the word is now out. Unfortunately they got Keened as well, but you've got to take ...
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Vevo.TV Launches: The Return of Music Television
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HypeBot
Guest post by Micheal Cerda (@imcerdafied) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Cerda provides an in-depth commentary on today's launch of VEVO.TV, a brand-new music video product. In the 1980s and early 1990s, music videos on television captured the imagination of a generation. New levels of music fanaticism, discovery and imagination were born. We could finally see what bands really looked like, what their interpretations of the music were, what story it really told, and even the latest ...
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Divine Hand Ensemble Announces Premier of "21st Century Classical Music" Documentary
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Chris M. Slawecki
Since 2010, local chamber ensemble The Divine Hand Ensemble have been demonstrating that classical music can still captivate audiences in these modern technological times. Formed and led by accomplished theremin pioneer Mano Divina, the Divine Hand Ensemble have the distinction of being the only group in the world who perform serious classical work in which the theremin plays the role of lead singer. They have performed for the Royal Family of Serbia at the Serbian Embassy, Mayor Michael Nutter and ...
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Jazz & Blues Television Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
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Jazz & Blues TV
Jazz & Blues TV, the exciting, ground-breaking new “smart” platform for live music to launch in May with high-calibre artists led by Paulette McWilliams (Jazz) and more in the Blues, Soul, RnB, Gospel, and Latin genres lined up to appear. You can support our fundraising effort at Indiegogo. Torquay, United Kingdom: Some of the greatest live music in the world is soon to be available via smart devices across the globe. Jazz & Blues TV is the new “next generation ...
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The Tragic Life of Lenny Breau
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jazz guitarist Lenny Breau was born in Maine in 1941 to parents who were country music performers. According to Wikipedia, he began playing guitar at age 8 and soon became a member of his parents' band after they moved to Canada. In 1959, his father slapped him in the face for playing jazz improvisation on stage, and Breau left to start his career, living in various Canadian cities. In 1976, he moved to the U.S., living in Nashville, Maine and ...
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Fundraising Campaign Launched To Support New Documentary On The NY Art Quartet
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alan roth
Alan Roth, filmmaker and director of the new documentary about the New York Art Quartet, has just launched a final fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to complete this feature-length documentary. The film is entitled: The Breath Courses Through Us. Roth explained: “I believe this is one of the more important documentaries on jazz musicians, especially the under-represented history of the early 60’s jazz avant-garde. And this film is a more personal look at five great artists, the late John Tchicai (saxophone), ...
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