Jazz News

Gmail's New API: Email as Enterprise Platform

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

Google has announced the availability of a new Application Programming Interface (API) that allows 3rd party services to offer contextually relevant content and functionality inside the email interface of Google Apps Gmail users. It's just the latest sign that the email sector is heating up again.

If you've noticed the way that certain Google properties like YouTube and Picassa have been treated differently when linked-to inside an email viewed in Gmail (both have resulted in video or image previews for ...

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Google to Announce Smart TV

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

Google to debut Internet TV software in joint initiative. The Web search giant, through an effort with Sony, Intel and Logitech, is expected to showcase technology enabling users to flip seamlessly among shows, YouTube videos and home videos on their sets.

Google Inc. will make an ambitious bid to extend its reach into the living room when it debuts its Internet television software this week.

Through a joint initiative with other prominent technology and consumer electronics companies, the Web search ...

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Violinist Katt Hernandez Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2010

Katt Hernandez plays violin with a hand and eye versed in the vagaries of natural sound. A student of microtonal music, she is also steeped in European folk traditions, and skilled in classical forms of improvisation. While her work goes in many directions, it stays sharp and swift and supple.

She is equally adept in all modes of musical reasoning. Whether alone or in ensemble, she wraps her mind around her improvised, atonal melodies and anti-melodies, on the fly, always ...

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Jazz Stars Appear at Evening J.E.N. Concerts May 20 - 22

Source: DeBlaze & Associates
May 19, 2010

Jazz Stars Appear at Evening J.E.N. Concerts

Who: Educators, Students, Musicians (professional & amateur), Industry Representatives,Technicians, Producers, Exhibitors, Jazz Enthusiasts, Media

What: Jazz Education Network Conference “Shaping the Future of Jazz Education"

When: May 20 - 22, 2010: Concert Series: 8pm nightly; Conference: 9am -- 1am daily

Where: University of Missouri -- St. Louis campus: Touhill Performing Arts Center & Millenium Student Center

Why: A unique opportunity to network, visit with music product professionals, review materials and exhibits that provide ...

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Pete Seeger/Clearwater Festival Final Line-Up

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

Clearwater Announces Final Line-up and Stage Schedules for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival.

BEACON, NY: Clearwater has finalized the line-up for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on Hudson, NY.

Tickets range from $40 (early bird) to $80 (gate) for day passes and $60-$115 for weekend passes. Tickets are available at ClearwaterFestival.org or 845-418-3596

Inspired by Pete Seegers desire to clean up ...

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A Festival Grows in Brooklynn

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

Brooklyn Jazz was celebrated this April, known nationally as Jazz Appreciation Month, during the 11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from March 27th to April 30th. From Coney Island to Bushwick, Brooklyn's contributions to the jazz world and its talents were showcased to nearly 5,000 tourists and locals with 37 events. Programming included panel discussions, youth activities, photography exhibit, Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame induction/awards ceremony and performances by local and international acclaimed artists. The next Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival ...

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Los Van Van Cancels for Summerstage: Jose Conde Will Open for Pupy Y Los Que Son Son

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
May 19, 2010

Los Van Van Cancels for SummerStage: Jose Conde Will Open for Pupy y Los Que Son Son

Last week Los Van Van canceled their appearance at Central Park SummerStage. But that won't stop Miami-born, NYC-based singer Jos Cond from building a musical bridge between Cuba and the US when he plays SummerStage on June 6. As a former member of the internationally acclaimed Los Van Van, Cuban pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Cesar Pedroso will play the stage as well. ...

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Swing Journal, Long-Standing Jazz Magazine, to be Suspended in June

Source: Michael Ricci
May 18, 2010

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Swing Journal, a long-standing monthly magazine that has led the jazz culture of postwar Japan, is being suspended with its July edition that goes on sale on June 19, mainly due to dwindling advertisement revenues, its publisher said Monday. The magazine, first published in 1947, played a central role in expanding the musical genre's reach in the country, by featuring such renowned players as Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and Japanese musicians Sadao Watanabe and Terumasa Hino. ...

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