Jazz News

Slipknot Bassist Found Dead in Iowa Hotel

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2010

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead this morning in a hotel near Urbandale, Iowa. He was 38.

According to the Des Moines Register, police found no evidence of foul play in Gray's death, but the investigation is ongoing. The Polk County, Iowa Medical Examiner's Office will conduct an autopsy and toxicology test tomorrow to determine the cause of his premature death.

Gray's body was found by a hotel employee at around 10:50 this morning and witnesses report seeing items ...

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UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2010

With an annual attendance of over 30,000 and performances from legendary artists such as Erykah Badu, the Marley Brothers, and Jill Scott, the JazzReggae Festival is the largest student-run event in the nation.

The festival has picnic-style seating, musical performances, an international food court, and vendor booths.

See website for performers and schedules.

May 29th & May 30th : 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Price: $26 (single day advance) - $70 (day of deluxe pass)

UCLA Campus

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Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden "Jasmine" (ECM)

Source: Michael Ricci
May 24, 2010

Music can be hypnotic when it is sufficiently unlike normal human behavior and discourse as to make you uncomfortable and engage your judgment.

That is to say music that isn't obviously lyrical or evocative or romantic, or any particular mood; music that proceeds down one road long and single-mindedly enough to make you start asking questions. How long can these musicians go on like this? Whats the purpose? Is this penance or prayer? Is this how they are all day? ...

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The Life and Death of the Rolodex

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2010

Just a few years ago there were no virtual social networks, no synchronized address books, and no smartphones. But people had social networks and phones, and they had to memorize and organize thousands of contacts. Or have a Rolodex.

When I was a kid, my dad had a Rolodex. Actually, my dad still has a Rolodex. My dad is one of the least organized people I know. In his apartment, he is good at stacking things (like newspapers and bills ...

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If Not 76 Trombones, Everything else a One-Man Band Can Handle

Source: Michael Ricci
May 24, 2010

Imagine a player piano. Now imagine you're a guitarist and composer named Pat Metheny and that you have a kind of player piano that can both play what you've composed for it.

Not through perforated paper but digital technology and also replicate whatever you're playing on the guitar. You can also play a long phrase on the guitar and command the piano to loop the phrase, so that you can play against the loop. Now for the big leap. There's ...

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The Death of the Open Web

Source: Michael Ricci
May 24, 2010

The Medium

The Web is a teeming commercial city. Its haphazardly planned. Its public spaces are mobbed, and signs of urban decay abound in broken links and abandoned projects. Malware and spam have turned living conditions in many quarters unsafe and unsanitary. Bullies and hucksters roam the streets. An entrenched population of rowdy, polyglot rabble seems to dominate major sites. People who find the Web distasteful ugly, uncivilized have nonetheless been forced to live there: Its the place ...

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David Sanborn @ Catalina Bar & Grill

Source: Michael Ricci
May 24, 2010

David Sanborn best known for agreeable crossover jazz and R&B, the saxophonist has also recorded with the avant garde-leaning Tim Berne and the powerhourse Paul Butterfield Blues Band. (at Woodstock, no less).

Here he will be joined by organist Joey DeFrancesco in a groove-ready trio setting. (May 27th through May 30th)

David SANBORN Trio feat Joey DeFRANCESCO

Catalina Bar & Grill 6725 West Sunset Blvd. Hollywood 323-466-2210 davidsanborn.com ...

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Steve Jobs to Headline iPhone-Centric Apple Developer Conference

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2010

Apple this morning announced that CEO Steve Jobs will be emceeing the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on June 7 in San Francisco.

Continuing his trend of doing one-to-one e-mail marketing for his $43 billion (revenue) company, Jobs himself helped tout the conference with a personal e-mail to a customer over the weekend.

The developers conference attracts greater than usual attention because, for the past two years, Apple has used the venue to announce the latest version of its ...

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