Jazz News

Wireless Oligopoly is Smother of Invention

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2010

If the people who brought us television had played by the same rules that today's wireless carriers impose wed probably all be listening to the radio.

Which is a nice way of saying the wireless industry AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile needs some ground rules that make clear they are common carriers that get the right to rent the airwaves by abiding by fair rules.

Right now, they play by their own rules.

Imagine if the wireless carriers controlled your ...

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Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2010 Jazz Award Winners

Source: Michael Ricci
June 16, 2010

The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of the 2010 Jazz Awards at the City Winery in New York City on Monday, June 14, honoring honoring more than 40 musicians, presenters, jazz supporters and jazz journalists for the 14th year. Recipients of the Jazz Awards receive engraved statuettes from the international organization of some 450 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media producers. Highest honors went to saxophonist and flutist James Moody, for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz, and to veteran music journalist ...

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All About Jazz Wins 9th Consecutive JJA Jazz Award

Source: Michael Ricci
June 15, 2010

R.J. DeLuke [pictured] attended yesterday's JJA Jazz Awards at the City Winery in New York and accepted the award on behalf of the website. R.J. has contributed interviews and live reviews to AAJ since 1999 and covered the 2009 Buenos Aires Jazz Festival. He's been an integral part of the website for over a decade and his words have helped shape AAJ's editorial direction.

AAJ would like to thank the Jazz Journalist Association for recognizing our ongoing efforts and we'd ...

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2010 JJA Jazz Awards Winners

Source: Michael Ricci
June 15, 2010

The winners for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members.

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1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Muhal Richard Abrams Jimmy Heath James Moody Paul Motian Wayne Shorter Randy Weston

2. Musician of the Year Dave Douglas Vijay Iyer Joe Lovano Sonny Rollins Henry Threadgill

3. Composer of the Year Darcy James ...

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The New World Jazz Composers Octet Releases Second CD: Transitions

Source: Michael Ricci
June 15, 2010

The New World Jazz Composers Octet is releasing its second CD, TRANSITIONS, on the Big and Phat Jazz Productions label. This exciting new CD features eight stylistically diverse compositions written by five of the most talented jazz composers on the scene today. Each piece is presented with a combination of precise ensemble performance and inspired solos. The New World Jazz Composers Octet is led by saxophonist/flutist Daniel Ian Smith. Most of the featured composers and performers are part of a ...

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William Fitzsimmons' 'Derivatives' Re-Mixes Acclaimed 'Sparrow and the Crow'

Source: Seth Cohen PR
June 15, 2010

Unexpected Electronica of 'Derivatives' Re-Imagines William Fitzsimmons' Acclaimed 'The Sparrow and the Crow' Major Summer Tour is Set to Accompany Remix CD Acclaimed singer/songwriter William Fitzsimmons has confirmed a major U.S. Summer tour to follow the June 8th brick-and-mortar release of his remix CD, 'Derivatives'. On the new album (Mercer Street/Downtown Records, distributed to Independent Record Stores nationwide via Junketboy,) Fitzsimmons' hushed gem 'The Sparrow and the Crow' gets an electronic makeover. From trippy reimaginings of 'I Don't Feel It ...

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A Backward Glance and a Step Forward for Guitarist Les Sabler on "Crescent Shores"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
June 15, 2010

The contemporary jazz artists sixth album will be released August 3rd Tampa, FL: Sometimes revisiting the past enables us to move forward. Thats exactly what contemporary jazz guitarist Les Sabler did when creating his sixth studio album, Crescent Shores, which will be released by Big Deal Records on August 3rd. Produced by Sabler and keyboardist-trumpeter Allon Sams, the genesis of the collection sprang from sessions recorded in 1991 in Richard Elliots Tampa studio. Sabler re-did most of the original tracks, ...

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Berklee Visits Kenya for Scholarship Auditions and Music Education Events

Source: Michael Ricci
June 15, 2010

Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will visit Kenya for the second straight year to hold events that include auditions and interviews (A&I) for scholarship opportunities, music education outreach, workshops, and clinics for area musicians and educators. The programs will be conducted by a team comprised of faculty members Dan Moretti and Ron Reid of the Contemporary Writing and Production Department, Michael Shaver from Admissions, Sam Skau from International Programs, and student ...

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