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Announcing the Winners of the "Jan Bang - ...And Poppies from Kandahar" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
August 10, 2010

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The Beatles Influence on Music Recording

Source: All About Jazz
August 10, 2010

This article is taken from the Wikipedia page on The Beatles' Recording Technology

The Beatles influenced the way music was recorded in several ways.

We would say, 'Try it! Just try it for us. If it sounds crappy, OK, we'll lose it. But it might just sound good.' We were always pushing ahead: ' Louder, further, longer, more, different.' Paul McCartney

Technological Advances

There were enormous changes in the technology of recording during the 1960s. In the ...

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Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 at Rockwood Music Hall, September 25 at Midnight

Source: 58.northsix
August 10, 2010

Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 Saturday, September 25, 2010 At Midnight Free Admission Rockwood Music Hall (Second Stage) 196 Allen Street New York, New York 10002 Trombonist and composer Josh Roseman brings his “Joshua 3" group to Rockwood Music Hall for the first time on Saturday, September 25 at midnight. He will be joined by Peter Apfelbaum (sax, bass organ), Barney McAll (keys), Jonathan Goldberger (guitar), and Ted Poor (drums), in what promises to be a ...

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Damian Erskine: Playing the Groove

Source: Jazz en Dominicana by Fernando Rodriguez
August 10, 2010

Bassist Damian Erskine has released two albums as a leader over the past couple years, including So To Speak (Self Produced, 2010), a fusion album with Latin underpinnings. He's also been playing with his uncle, Peter Erskine, in the veteran drummer's New Trio, performing a series of concerts during 2010 south of the border, in the Dominican Republic, Chile and Argentina.

The bassist has also recently published a companion book of charts and a play-along version of So to Speak ...

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Jazz en Dominicana Interviews Vardan Ovsepian

Source: Jazz en Dominicana by Fernando Rodriguez
August 10, 2010

Vardan Ovsepian is an Armenia-born pianist/composer who most recently appeared as part of the Peter Erskine New Trio in the World Jazz Circuit Latina America 2010-2011 season. His education includes the Yerevan State Conservatory, the Estonian Music Academy, the Helsinki Jazz Conservatory, and Berklee College of Music. A recording artist who has released 4 CDs with the Barcelona-based “Fresh Sound New Talent" label, plus an independent release of Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble (VOCE), he performs with musicians like Peter Erskine, ...

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Jazz en Dominicana interviews Peter Erskine

Source: Jazz en Dominicana by Fernando Rodriguez
August 10, 2010

As promised, our last of three interviews prior to the upcoming Peter Erskine New Trio concert featuring Damian Erskine & Vardan Ovsepian to be held in Santo Domingo on July 28th concert would be with Peter Erskine; the previous two with Damian Erskine and Vardan Ovsepian. Peter began his professional career with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in 1972, 3 years later joined Maynard Ferguson and in 1978 Weather Report forming a formidable rhythm section with legendary bassist Jaco Pastorious, after ...

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Major Music Programming at 2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Includes Special Performance by Pianist Vijay Iyer

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 10, 2010

The 2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival will feature its first large-scale music programming this year with three major musical presentations. Jazz composer and pianist Vijay Iyer whose acclaimed album Historicity topped 2009 critics' lists, will offer a special performance at Eastern State Penitentiary on Saturday, September 11 where he will play within the art installation Release, for which Iyer composed the music.

Other music acts include the artistically inclusive 12-hour Bang on a Can Marathon: Philadelphia which will showcase a ...

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New Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Live in Chicago Out September 28

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 10, 2010

Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records is excited to announce that latest signing Kenny Wayne Shepherd is releasing Live in Chicago, available on 9/28/10.

Recorded in Chicago's House of Blues during the critically acclaimed 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads tour, Live in Chicago showcases Kenny and his band, Noah Hunt, Chris Layton, Scott Nelson and Riley Osbourn, along with special guests Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes" Smith, Buddy Flett, Bryan Lee and Tommy Shannon (of Double Trouble). Though an illness ...

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