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Avatar Soundtrack Ushers in Return of New Age Music!
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Michael Ricci
It used to be the stuff of the '60s and '70s. A magical mystery tour express, where rock stars and alternate religion advocates converged on the same track New Age Music. Free flowing, free form melodies inspiring introspection and what was called Universal Awareness. If you thought this trend went underground, you'd be right. But underground didn't mean gone. The original proponents merely entered conventional society: Cutting their hair, getting jobs, marrying and starting families. But throughout it all, their ...
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The Pulse of New Orleans
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Larry Blumenfeld's “Cultural Conversation" with TV producer David Simon in today's Wall Street Journal is a highly recommended read. Simon, producer of HBO's acclaimed series “The Wire," is now focusing on a new jazz-tinged program that will debut on HBO in April.Tinged is not a strong enough word. Jazz is the undercurrent, and the heartbeat, of the program, scheduled for 10 episodes in Season One.“Treme" is the series... and it is named for Treme, a hotbed ...
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Jazz Video Guy 2009 Year in Review
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Michael Ricci
Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, looks back at the video he produced in 2009. Features: Billy Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Miles Davis, John Coltrane. Writer/Video Journalist Bret Primack has been at the forefront of new media since he co- founded Jazz Central Station in 1995. In 1997, he was the first Jazz blogger with Bird Lives, where, as the Pariah, his heartfelt diatribes struck a responsive chord in the music industry. A graduate of NYU ...
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Jazz Film "Chaography" Reaches Contest Semi-Finals, Needs Your Vote
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Michael Ricci
CHAOGRAPHY: Variations on the Theme of Freedom, a new fiction film project celebrating New Yorks jazz scene, has been named a Semi-Finalist in the first annual Ultimate Filmmaker Competition (UFC) presented by Filmmakers Alliance. One of 25 entries selected from approximately 1,000 submissions, the film is slated to feature acclaimed jazz saxophonist Stacy Dillard and pianist Eric Reed in starring roles. For the Semi-Final Round, members of the public are encouraged to vote for the project they would most like ...
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The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
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Michael Ricci
In 1963, Vince Guaraldi and Ralph J. Gleason (co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Monterey Jazz Festival) collaborated on a film that offered a unique perspective on how Vince's classic song “Cast Your Fate To The Wind" crossed over from the jazz world to the pop charts, and influenced the next generation of American music.
Unavailable for more than 40 years, this rare footage has been lovingly restored in high definition and fully expanded to continue Vince's story through ...
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Correspondence: A Vince Guaraldi Film
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Film producer Andrew Thomas writes with news of what perhaps everyone but Jack Berry and I knew:
Like many fans of Vince Guaraldi, I make sure that Google sends me an alert every time he's mentioned in posts and blogs, so I was directed to this Rifftides page. I was surprised by your suggestion that there is little evidence of Vince on film or tape. There is actually a decent amount, and much of it is included in ...
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Swinging "What's My Line?"
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
What's My Line? appeared on TV from 1950 to 1967. For those unfamiliar with the show, the format was brilliant: Four panelists tried to guess the identity of a mystery guest by taking turns asking questions, with the guest answering merely “yes" or “no." The high point was the celebrity-guest segment, during which panelists wore blindfolds and the superstar answered in a disguised voice. If the panelists wound up stumped when time or the question allotment ended, the VIP won. ...
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Copyright Criminals to Air Jan. 19 on PBS
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HypeBot
Copyright Criminals, a new documentary that examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money will air on the PBS series Independent Lens January 19 (check local listings).
This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of
New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For
more than thirty years, ...
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