Jazz News

Zuckerberg: New Privacy Controls, but No Apologies

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2010

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is attempting to squash the latest round of criticism of Facebook, admitting his company made a bunch of mistakes and just missed the mark on privacy control.

Still, he stopped short of an apology and gave no sign Facebook would halt its campaign to re-make the worlds social norms.

Zuckerberg broke his silence on the recent backlash against his company in an op-ed Monday in the Washington Post and in a Sunday e-mail to corporate blogger-for-hire ...

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Gregorian B.C. Set to Release Debut CD

Source: Michael Ricci
May 24, 2010

Calling the music of Gregorian BC “hard rock" does not do it justice. He earned the nickname “The Conquistador of Music" due to his eclectic musical mix: combining his love of Gregorian chant and Flamenco guitar with rock and blues, BC has created a whole new genre of music. Growing up among the corn fields of Iowa, the young lad adopted the motto: “I'm gonna do it whether people like it or not!" and saw himself as a risk taker. ...

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Eric Clapton Brings Crossroads Guitar Festival Back to Toyota Park Chicago

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2010

Eric Clapton is bringing his Crossroads Guitar Festival back to Toyota Park in suburban Bridgeview on June 26.

The lineup will include Clapton, the Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BB King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer.

Besides the usual classic-rock and blues suspects, the lineup is notable this year for including British folk veterans Bert Jansch and John Renbourn and Brazilian legend Joao Gilberto.

The first Crossroads Guitar Festival was staged in ...

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Guitarist Sheryl Bailey Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2010

Sheryl Bailey has been rising to the top of the jazz guitar world ever since she burst onto the national scene by taking third place in the 1996 Thelonious Monk Guitar Competition. Following her top three finish in the competition, and graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Bailey has released five albums as a bandleader, a DVD and two instructional books, all while maintaining a seemingly constant touring schedule and holding down an associate professorship at her alma ...

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Tuscia in Jazz: Info and Festival Program 2010

Source: DL Media
May 23, 2010

Tuscia in Jazz

We have arrived at the ninth edition of the Tuscia in Jazz Festival. Other than the change in name, we have also changed the venue, moving to a fixed location in the heart of the Monti Cimini, the beautiful Soriano nel Cimino. The festival has been strongly supported by the local administration of Soriano and it now returns to the squares of the historical centre, and thanks to the administration's continous support, all the concerts are free. ...

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A Second Look: John Ford's 'Stagecoach'

Source: Michael Ricci
May 23, 2010

The director's iconic western, now on a restored Criterion DVD, made John Wayne a star. “Stagecoach" is agnostic on the matter of social progress, which brings with it a wealth of hypocrisy and corruption.

At a Directors Guild meeting in 1950, a tense session on the subject of anti-Communist loyalty oaths, John Ford began his dissenting statement thus: “My name's John Ford. I make westerns." Typically for Ford, the assertion was both unassuming and calculated, grounding his patriotic bona fides ...

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2010 Red Hook Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
May 23, 2010

The Urban Meadow in Brooklyn Proudly Announces the Red Hook Jazz Festival - 2010 in the Urban Meadow Located on the corner of President & Van Brunt Streets in Red Hook/Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Sundays, June 13th & 20th from 1pm - 5pm $5.00 suggested donation per Adult. Kids are FREE Jazz is Alive in Brooklyn! The Urban Meadow is proud to present for the 3rd year the Red Hook Jazz Festivals. All the shows are free and open to the ...

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MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: May 24-30, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
May 23, 2010

This Monday, May 24th, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on possibly the most popular jazz man of all time, MILES DAVIS just two days before what would have been his 84th birthday on Wednesday, the 26th of May. You'll hear the story of and music by the man who may be THE most influential artist in jazz history as we kick off a ...

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