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October Music Programming Block on Smithsonian Channel

Source: JamBase
October 4, 2011

MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION OF MUSIC CONTINUES WITH MUST-SEE PETER GABRIEL AND HIP-HOP DOCS This October, Smithsonian Channel rocks out with Inside The Music, a series of new specials that tell stories about the people and sounds whose influence can be heard the world over. The music continues October 9 with The Real World of Peter Gabriel and October 21 Hip Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes, a look at the global influence of rap music. The hour-long The Real World of ...

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Reagle Theatre Presents Irving Berlin's Say It with Music on October 1-2

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
October 1, 2011

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"The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas" to Show in Movie Theaters on October 18

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 29, 2011

Multi-platinum rock `n roll band, The Rolling Stones will transport their legion of fans back to the magical summer of 1978 in The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas, a one-night in-theater concert event on Tuesday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. (local time). Unveiled for the first time in more than 30 years, this rare, never-before-seen concert was captured live in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 18, 1978. Digitally re-mastered to HD with Cinema Surround Sound, this legendary footage ...

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Radiohead on SNL

Source: JamBase
September 27, 2011

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"Finding Carlton": Discovering Jazz In India

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
September 14, 2011

This remarkable photograph was taken in the Fifties—the saxophonists and other players are assembled to pay tribute to Benny Goodman. That in itself would not be unusual. But that the tribute took place in Bombay is a surprise to those who do not associate jazz and India. The photograph comes to us through the kindness of Susheel J. Kurien, the creator of a new documentary, Finding Carlton, a film about the story of jazz in India. Here's how Susheel describes ...

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"More to Live for" to Screen at the Gig Harbor Film Festival

Source: Groove Notes
September 13, 2011

A film that I have been waiting (and waiting, and waiting) to get a chance to see will finally be screening in the Pacific Northwest. The documentary More To Live For will be screened at the Gig Harbor Film Festival. The official screening date has yet to be announced, but the festival is slated to run October 14 through the 16th. For those who haven't read my previous posts on the documentary, here is a description from the More To ...

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David S Ware - A World of Sound

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
September 12, 2011

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Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues; In Theaters Sept 7; CD+DVD Sept 13

Source: 1888 Media
September 7, 2011

New York City's premier jazz venue got the blues last April when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage blues. The extraordinary collaboration, billed as Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues, paired these musical virtuosos with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as they brought to life a repertoire of songs selected by Clapton and ...

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