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The Official Dexter Gordon Website

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2007

NOW AVAILABE THROUGH THE SITE: FREE Lead Sheet of an original Dexter Gordon composition when you sign up on the mailing list iTunes Exclusive Album INVITATION: Dexter Gordon and Woody Shaw - Live and Unreleased! Dexter Gordon Guestbook Coming Soon: More Live, Unreleased Recordings Audio and Video Streams Podcasts and RSS Feeds Round Midnight page - Dedicated to Dexter Gordon's Oscar-Nominated performance INVITATION: Dexter Gordon & Woody Shaw As part of your ...

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"Big Step Forward in Music Revolution" Hailed as EMI Drops Copy Protection

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2007

Apple chief Steve Jobs welcomes opening up of market, but consumers face higher charges Music group EMI yesterday scrapped copy protection on all its digital tracks in a move that was immediately hailed by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs as “the next big step forward in the digital music revolution". For the first time, downloads by artists including Robbie Williams, Coldplay and Joss Stone purchased from any online music store will be playable on any digital music player, including the ...

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The Jazz Session (Podcast): Misha Piatigorsky

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews pianist Misha Piatigorsky. Misha fled with his family from Russia during the height of the Cold War and ended up in New Jersey. A classically trained pianist, he discovered jazz and fell in love with the music, ending up at Rutgers studying with Kenny Barron. He won the 2004 Thelonious Monk Composers Competition. He's also the pianist and musical director for singing legend Mark Murphy. Misha's new trio with ...

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The Jazz Session: Toru Dodo

Source: All About Jazz
March 26, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews Japanese pianist Toru Dodo. Born in Tokyo, Dodo started playing piano at age 4, then gave up his dream of concert piano for the economics department at Tokyo's Meiji University. He found jazz at Meiji, and eventually came to the United States to study at Berklee College of Music. Since moving to New York City in 1998, Dodo has released three CDs and performed with Kenny Garret, Benny Golson, ...

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New Joe Zawinul Unofficial Fans Website Launched

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2007

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PlayJazznow.com Releases Innovative Play-Along Tracks for Drummers

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2007

PlayJazznow.com, a website featuring downloadable, play-along tracks for instrumentalists and vocalists, has announced the addition of play-along tracks for jazz drummers and percussionists. Since its inception last June, PlayJazzNow.Com has offered downloadable play-along tracks for jazz musicians who want to hone their improvisation skills by working out with a live trio. Now it aims to reach out specifically to drummers and percussionists who want to master the rhythmic, stylistic, and formal elements of jazz.

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The Jazz Session: Francis Jacob

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews French guitarist Francis Jacob. Jacob's career has taken him around the world: France, Switzerland, Boston, Brazil, Paris and now New York. Along the way, he's picked up a gift for improvisation and a taste for West African music. On his new CD, Side By Side (2006), he combines his many influences and creates two albums in one -- the same tunes, played by two wonderfully different bands.

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The Jazz Session: John Abercrombie

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews guitarist John Abercrombie, whose forthcoming record is The Third Quartet (ECM, 2007). Abercrombie has been on more than 50 ECM recordings as a leader or sideman, including sessions with Charles Lloyd, Kenny Wheeler, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Liebman and Dave Holland. This interview features several excerpts from the new CD in advance of its April 3 release. You'll also hear Abercrombie's moving remembrace of lifelong friend Michael Brecker.

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