Jazz News

Carefusion Jazz Festival NY Celebrates Herbie Hancock's 70th Birthday, June 24

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
May 25, 2010

CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK PRESENTS HERBIE HANCOCK - SEVEN DECADES: THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 8:00 PM AT CARNEGIE HALL Hancock Performs with Special Guests India.Arie, Terence Blanchard, Ron Carter, Bill Cosby, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter & Others Birthday Celebration Continues with Tribute to Herbie Hancock: Late Night Jam Session Hosted by Jeff “Tain" Watts Thursday Evening at 11:00 pm at City Winery Hancock Also to Perform at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival ...

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The Jazzschool to Host JJA Jazz Awards Bay Area Satellite Party on June 14

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 26, 2010

As the Jazz Journalists Association's 14th Annual Jazz Awards ceremony and reception kick off in lower Manhattan on the afternoon of Monday, June 14, the Jazzschool will be hosting a free public satellite party in downtown Berkeley from 12:30 to 3:30 PDT. The Jazzschool invites musicians, students, journalists, and jazz fans to view online streaming video of the New York event, and to toast trumpeter-bandleader-educator Khalil Shaheed, newly named “Jazz Hero, Bay Area" by the JJA. Attendees--including honoree Shaheed--will have ...

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Did the Rolling Stones' Music Go Downhill After the Beatles Broke Up?

Source: Michael Ricci
May 26, 2010

Reader Neil McCarthy responded to my recent interview with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards about the expanded reissue of the Rolling Stones 1972 album Exile on Main St. with an intriguing theory thats been voiced by others over the years.

In short, McCarthy thinks the Stones music started on a downhill slide around 1970, when the Beatles broke up and he suggests that was no coincidence.

“I've never felt Exile was anything but a sloppy attempt to match the Beatles ...

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John Malkovich's Serial-Killer 'Opera'

Source: Michael Ricci
May 26, 2010

Fans of John Malkovich have a number of opportunities this year to bask in the actor's eccentricity with the releases of the movies “Jonah Hex" and “Secretariat."

But for an undiluted, 100-proof shot of pure Malkovich, your best bet is the new DVD of his stage performance in “The Infernal Comedy," which is being released in June.

The pseudo-opera -- actually a drama for one actor, two opera singers and an orchestra -- was recorded at a 2009 performance at ...

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Denise Donatelli Birthday Bash

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2010

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U2 and Christina Aguilera Postpone Summer Tours

Source: Michael Ricci
May 26, 2010

Between the time most pop music fans ended their workdays on Monday and clocked in the next morning, two of the summers biggest tours vanished from the calendar: U2 postponed 16 shows, and Christina Aguilera put off 20.

Cancellations and postponements happen every year. But the loss of two prominent tours prompted a quick response from fans, gossipmongers and even Wall Street analysts. Live Nation, the promoter of both tours, merged with Ticketmaster earlier this year, and as it begins ...

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Fritz Sennheiser, Executive Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 26, 2010

Fritz Sennheiser, the founder and longtime chairman of Sennheiser Electronic, a leading maker of high-end audio equipment like microphones, headphones and infrared listening systems, died on May 17 at his home in Wedemark, Germany. He was 98.

The death was announced on the Web site of the Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, the companys United States subsidiary, which has headquarters in Old Lyme, Conn.

Founded in 1945 in Wedemark with a staff of seven, Sennheiser now employs more than 2,100 people around ...

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U.S. Inquiry on Apple Music Tactics

Source: Michael Ricci
May 26, 2010

The Justice Department is examining Apples tactics in the market for digital music and has sent staff members to talk to a number of major music labels and Internet music companies, according to several people briefed on the conversations.

The inquiry is in the very early stages, these people say, and the conversations have revolved broadly around the dynamics of selling music online. But people briefed on the inquiries also said investigators asked in particular about recent allegations that Apple ...

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