Jazz News

Newport Folk Festival & Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival Partner with Hotels

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 1, 2010

George Wein's Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival Partner with Newport Hotels for Special Promotions NEWPORT, RI - George Wein's Newport Folk Festival (July 30 - August 1) and the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8) are partnering with some of Newport's finest hotels to offer special room and ticket promotions. The Preferred Festival Hotels are Hotel Viking, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Marriott and Hyatt Regency Newport. Hotel Viking, a Newport classic located near ...

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Liberation Frequencies

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2010

Independence Day weekend has always been good for John Phillip Sousa but bad for jazz.

Seems everyone is out picnicking and watching fireworks or at least drinking and playing with sparklers and not in the clubs, so we were pleasantly surprised to see such a strong run of stuff this week.

Let's start with tenor Rickey Woodard, a regular in town here with a career that includes a long stint with Ray Charles, and you sure can hear the blues ...

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Villaraigosa's Vanishing Veracity

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2010

His executive directive No. 1 in 2005 vowed to halt even the appearance of sleaze and conflicts. The lofty-sounding 2005 directive from Antonio Villaraigosa read:

Avoid actual and perceived conflicts of interest at all times during my service to the city of Los Angeles ... Take full responsibility for learning and complying with all laws and rules governing the standards of conduct for public officials, including gift restrictions, disclosure requirements and campaign finance limitations.

Those 49 words were contained in ...

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Apple, At&t Sued over iPhone 4 Antenna Problems

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2010

Just six days after the iPhone 4s launch, a pair of Maryland residents sued Apple and AT&T, alleging that the smartphones defective antenna design drops calls and cant hold a strong signal.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Maryland, claims that Apple knowingly sold defective phones and broke its warranty promises. The lawsuit also levels seven additional charges against Apple and AT&T, including general negligence, deceptive trade practices, fraud and misrepresentation. Kevin McCaffrey and Linda Wrinn each pre-ordered a ...

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Marla Miller Unfurls the Myth of Betsy Ross and the First Flag

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2010

George Washington didn't chop down a cherry tree. And just maybe Betsy Ross didn't sew the first flag. Happy Fourth!

In her myth-busting biography Betsy Ross and the Making of America, historian Marla Miller sets the record straight on the history surrounding one of the most famous women of the Colonial era. Along the way, Miller drums up a stirring and fascinating portrait of politics and everyday life in 18th-century America.

Ross, born Elizabeth Griscom in 1752, was ...

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Google Web Search Partially Blocked in China

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2010

Google Inc. confirmed Wednesday that a search engine feature had been partially blocked in China on the same day that its license to offer Internet services there was due to expire.

At issue is the suggest tool, which automatically recommends search queries based on the first few letters a user types. Suggestion technologies are popular in China. The blockage was noted on a Google Web page that tracks the availability of its services in mainland China. Other services remain fully ...

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Amazon Lures Authors with 70% Royalty Deal, and HTML5

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2010

When money talks, people tend to listen. In a bid to lure authors, Amazon.com on Wednesday said it would give writers 70% of the revenue, minus expenses, from their digital books sales on Amazon's Kindle store.

In addition, Amazon said it is giving authors the ability to sell their Kindle digital books on their own websites, using an Internet standard called HMTL5.

The two announcements are designed to attract authors who have not yet found a traditional publisher. In this ...

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Me, Myself and iPhone

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2010

Smile. At least that was the conclusion of a recent study by OkCupid.com, the popular dating site for 20-somethings.

To determine which factors made a photo more attractive, the staff tabulated the number of interested responses to thousands of pictures, then broke down their characteristics.

The findings were intriguing, to say the least. Women responded more often to pictures in which the man is looking off camera, not into it. Men were more likely to respond to pictures ...

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