Jazz News

The Denise Donatelli Quartet Plays Charlie O's Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2010

Born in Allentown, Penn., Denise Donatelli was drenched in music from an early age. She has performed in jazz clubs and jazz festivals across the country.

Her first CD, In the Company of Friends, was released in 2005 on the Jazzed Media label and her 2008 release, What Lies Within on the Savant Records label, debuted on the National Jazz Week Chart at #15 and peaked at #11.

Her upcoming release with pianist, composer/arranger, Geoffrey Keezer, is scheduled for an ...

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Affordable Music Instruction for Youth, Lax/South Bay/West Los Angeles

Source: Michael Ricci
June 17, 2010

For the 4th year, musician and educator, Dawn Norfleet, Ph.D., is providing Summer Music Instruction for young musicians, ages 9-19. Classes are held in Westchester, conveniently located near a major Sepulveda shopping hub (Trader Joe's, TJ Maxx), and minutes away from Culver City, Inglewood and West Los Angeles. Not only is enrollment in a summer music program a great educational way to spend the summer, it's also an ideal growing time for any students considering a performing arts high school, ...

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Flamenco Guitar Virtuoso Mehran Unleashes the "Angels of Persepolis"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 17, 2010

Chicago, IL - There have been many fine concept albums released in recent years, but none more pertinent to today's affairs as the new CD by Iranian-born flamenco guitar virtuoso Mehran. Angels of Persepolis is a concept instrumental CD that intertwines ancient Persian history, Persian mythology and Iran's current affairs. This objective was reached by usage of sound effects, insertion of actual excerpts and sounds of the recent affairs in Iran and the mood translated by the music. On this ...

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WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Presents Jamie Ousley and Friends

Source: Michael Ricci
June 17, 2010

Please tune in worldwide for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, June 18, 2010 featuring: JAMIE OUSLEY This University of Miami, Fla. Jazz grad and bassist/composer is energizing our local scene with engaging concerts from Palm Beach to the Keys. His latest recording, Back Home, will hit the streets Sunday, June 20th with his CD Release Party in The Cape Cod Room at The Historic Bath Club, Miami Beach, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. On South ...

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Summer Screenings Jack Sheldon's "Trying to Get Good"

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2010

“Jack was in the Edwards Air Force Base Band. He got sick and had to check into the base hospital. He went missing.

The faint sound of a trumpet could be heard and it was finally discovered in a dirty linen closet. Jack had covered himself in old sheets and blankets so he could practice. When a nurse opened the door, he asked her to 'turn out the lights.'

True story. I was in the same band. Jack ...

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AT&T iPhone Orders 'Temporarily Suspended' After 600K Meltdown

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2010

If you were wondering why both Apple and AT&T melted down when taking orders for the iPhone 4 on Tuesday, we have the answer.

Apple sold 600,000 of the things.

According to Apples press release, “It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single day and was far higher than we anticipated, resulting in many order and approval system malfunctions."

It wasn't helped by AT&Ts new ordering system which, according to an AT&T insider was ...

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Taylor & King a Pair of Durable Troubadours

Source: Michael Ricci
June 17, 2010

They were a strange pair, actually: dry and wet. He, 62, with the guarded, narrow excellence of his fingerpicking, putting his voice through a heavy soul-compressor, like Marvin Gaye in a telephone booth; she, 68, practicing generosity, singing as loudly as possible and straining at the high edges, coming down hard on her songs pivot-point chord changes.

If there still exists an idea of the American singer-songwriter as a conveyor of sympathy, sincerity and trust Bob Dylan notwithstanding James Taylor ...

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FCC Takes First Step Toward Broadband Regulation

Source: Michael Ricci
June 17, 2010

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took a first step toward imposing limited regulations on broadband providers by voting Thursday to launch a notice of inquiry exploring the change.

Network World's Cisco Subnet-The Independent Voice of Cisco Customers The commission voted 3-2 to launch the notice of inquiry, or NOI, with its two Republicans voting against the proceeding. The NOI asks for public comment on a proposal by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to reclassify broadband as a common-carrier regulated service. Genachowki's ...

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