Jazz News

Jazz Icons Lambasts JJA, Calls DVD Nominee a Bootleg

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2010

“You should be ashamed of yourselves," producers of the Jazz Icons DVD series scolded the Jazz Journalists Association for naming Count Basie & His Orchestra: Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 a Jazz Video of the Year finalist in the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards.

In an open letter sent to a selection of jazz journalists but not the organization itself, “unidentified producers of the Jazz Icons Series" contended, “We have spoken with Count Basie's estate and the rights holders ...

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Paul McCartney Announces Pair of Historic U.S. Concerts

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2010

There are only a handful of things Paul McCartney hasn't accomplished during his 50-year career, and performing in the state of Utah is one of them.

But that will change this summer because McCartney has just announced his first-ever concert in the Beehive State. His “Up and Coming Tour" will visit the new Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, on July 13th.

“The Up and Coming Tour's" mission has been to bring McCartney to new cities and markets he hasn't ...

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Eagles Summer Tour

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2010

The Eagles, Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban will be touring together for the first time when they hit the road on June 8th for a North American stadium concert tour.

The Eagles - Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit - will perform hits from their more than 35-year career, such as “Hotel California," “Desperado," “Life In The Fast Lane," “Lyin' Eyes," “Take It To The Limit," “One Of These Nights," “Heartache Tonight," and more.

The Dixie ...

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Claudia Quintet's 'Royal Toast'

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

A year removed from an unexpected (yet wholly deserved) Grammy nomination in the large ensemble category, jazz drummer and composer John Hollenbeck returns to what ostensibly makes up his day job.

Under Hollenbeck's complex yet always inviting compositional lead, the Claudia Quintets fifth album continues the groups moving-target aesthetic. Touching on enough influences to resemble an expertly curated corner record shop a thicket of Steve Reich-informed vibraphone here, a dash of knotty chamber jazz there the Claudia Quintet is one ...

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Germany Asks Google to Surrender Private Data

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

Google came under increased pressure in Europe on Tuesday over its collection of private data from unsecured home wireless networks, as a German regulator threatened legal action if the company did not surrender a hard drive for inspection. The German demand underscored the seriousness of the quandary Google now faced following its admission last Friday that it had stored the snippets of Web sites and personal e-mail messages from people around the world while compiling its Street View photo archive. ...

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Andre Canniere Group at Charlie Wright's - 17th June 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

Andre Canniere and his associates will be performing cutting-edge jazz at Charlie Wright's in London on June 17th 2010. The trumpeter will be joined by pianist George Fogel, guitarist Hannes Riepler, bassist Ryan Trebilcock and drummer Jon Scott.

About Andre Canniere

Trumpeter and composer Andre Canniere has worked with some of the worlds most well known and respected jazz musicians including Maria Schneider, Donny McCaslin, Kate McGarry, James Carney, Mike Holober, Wolter Wierbos, Ingrid Jensen, Ben Monder, Tim ...

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How to Transfer Your Stanza E-Book Library to iBooks for iPad

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2010

Stanza, our favorite iPhone e-reader application, has not yet been updated for the iPad. Maybe its coming soon and will be awesome, or maybe the current owner, Amazon, has killed it to reduce competition for its money-making Kindle app.

Either way, unless you want to read your e-book collection on a blocky, pixel-doubled screen, you'll have to switch readers. But what of all the books you already have in your Stanza library? Here we show you how to extract you ...

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Playboy Jazz Festival Presents "Jazz on Film" with Archivist Mark Cantor, at New Location, the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

THURSDAY JUNE 10TH AT 7:30 P.M. The Playboy Jazz Festival's annual “Jazz on Film" night, presented by noted jazz archivist Mark Cantor, on Thursday evening, June 10th at 7:30 p.m., will celebrate the legacy of jazz with a move to a new location in Mid-City Los Angeles this year. A longtime fixture at LACMA's Bing Theatre, the event will be held in cooperation with the Ebony Repertory Theatre at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center on Washington Boulevard. Admission is ...

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