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Mother's Day Jazz and Blues Extravaganza

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

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Media Coalition Asking Court to Unseal Records in iPhone Probe

Source: Michael Ricci
May 6, 2010

News organizations, including the Los Angeles Times, as well as the First Amendment Coalition, are asking a San Mateo County Superior Court to unseal records in the criminal investigation into a missing iPhone prototype. San Mateo County prosecutors persuaded a judge to seal all the records in the case. In a legal brief filed with the court, The Times and other news organizations including the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, CNet and Wired.com, asked the court to make public a detectives ...

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FCC to Exercise 'Nuclear Option' on Broadband Providers

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

Reversing a controversial deregulation decision made by the Bush administration, the FCC will seek to force broadband internet providers to adhere to some of the rules that have long applied to the nations landline phone providers. The decision will be announced officially tomorrow by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, according to a senior FCC officials statement Wednesday, and will likely set off a firestorm of protests from the nations well-connected telecommunications industry. The FCC says the move is a response to ...

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With 3G, iPad Comes into Its Own - Network Permitting

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

Like the iPhone before it, the iPad has the potential to change your life.

No exaggeration: Once you live with one for a few weeks, you'll find it insinuating itself into your daily routine so much that you can't imagine living without it.

(If you're a man, get used to wearing a murse.)

With more than a million of the devices sold to date, clearly something is clicking, and not just with 99-year-olds. But the 3G iPad, which went on ...

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Picasso Sets Record Sale Price for His Mistress

Source: Michael Ricci
May 6, 2010

His 1932 portrait 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' fetches $106.5 million.

Some mistresses are more valuable than others. On Tuesday night, Christie's New York sold Pablo Picasso's bold 1932 portrait of his lover Marie-Therese Walter, “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," for $106.5 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. “I think the Picasso illustrates what has been true in good and bad economic times the very best works of art continue to sell at a premium," ...

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Juilliard Jazz Orchestra at Dizzy's

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

Juilliards student big band focuses on the music of two swing-era pianist-composers Mary Lou Williams and Duke Ellington.

In this engagement they featuring a distinguished guest, Kenny Barron, in the piano chair.

JUILLIARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dizzys Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center 60th Street and Broadway (212) 258-9595 jalc.org $30 and $35 cover; $15 for students for select sets. Wednesday and Thursday ...

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Jazz: That's How It Grows

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

We slipped up last week and totally forgot the Monterey Jazz on Tour was at Royce Hall last Thursday. They're calling them the MJF/52 All-Stars, with pianist Kenny Barron, violinist Regina Carter, guitarist Russell Malone, vocalist Kurt Elling, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and the brilliant Johnathan Blake on the drums. Real live jazz stars, most of them, and if not TMZ fodder, they certainly rate high in our passionate little music world. They're down in Costa Mesa at the Orange County ...

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Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motiam Play the Blue Note

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian: Futher Explorations of Bill Evans.

Chick Corea, an endlessly inquisitive pianist, spearheads a tribute to one of his quieter inspirations. His partners are both alumni of Evans trios: Eddie Gomez, a versatile and thoughtful bassist who also has many years of history with Corea, and Paul Motian, a deeply melodic drummer whose evasive pulse may add a welcome measure of mystery.

Blue Note 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village ...

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