Jazz News

Hanne Hukkelberg + Overseas : Tuesdays in May at Nublu

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

Tuesdays in May at Nublu 62 Avenue C, Manhattan btw 4th and 5th street $10 F train to 2nd Avenue please note a slight variation in start times and line-ups Tuesday May 4th N.B. one set at 9pm (sharp) OVERSEAS Jacob Sacks - piano/organ Brandon Seabrook - guitar/banjo Kenny Wollesen - drums Eivind Opsvik - bass and tunes ...

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Ahmad Jamal Interview - American Classical Music

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2010

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Coventry Lions of Pennsylvania to Host the Chester County Blues Barbeque, June 5

Source: Just Roots PR
May 3, 2010

Coventry, PA - The Coventry Lions Club will host the inaugural Chester County Blues Barbeque on June 5, 2 to 7 p.m. at Wyndsor Farm in Elverson to support its scholarship and outreach programs. The family-oriented event will feature three notable blues bands from the area in a spacious and scenic setting, with food and drinks available for purchase throughout the afternoon. The Barbecue will be held rain or shine as Wyndsor Farm has a large indoor arena that will ...

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New HTML5 Tools Make Your Browser Sing and Dance

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2010

HTML5s tag gives you a way to embed audio files directly into a web page without requiring a plug-in. But the audio element could do a lot more than just offer Flash-free inline audio players on your favorite MP3 blogs. The audio player element could end up fueling a whole new class of web applications online audio editing suites. Some online audio editors written in Flash already exist, and people are using them to creative ends. But were just now ...

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New Orleans' Jazz Fest Wraps up Another Stellar Run

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2010

NEW ORLEANS After two weekends of sublime and riotous roots music from more than 400 national and regional acts, the city's 41st Jazz & Heritage Festival ended its run Sunday.

Though one headliner was a no-show (Aretha Franklin) and opening day was plagued by thunderstorms and heavy rains, the crowds appeared to be in keeping with previous seven-day post-Katrina gatherings, which have ranged from 400,000 to 450,000. (Official figures will be released in a few days.) Not even the week's ...

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Stolen Facebook Accounts for Sale

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

Researchers at VeriSign's iDefense division tracking the digital underworld say bogus and stolen accounts on the Facebook are now on sale in high volume on the black market. During several weeks in February, iDefense tracked an effort to sell log-in data for 1.5 million Facebook accounts on several online criminal marketplaces, including one called Carder.su. That hacker, who used the screen name kirllos and appears to deal only in Facebook accounts, offered to sell bundles of 1,000 accounts with 10 ...

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May 3, 1815: Blown Away by Horn with Valves

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2010

1815: A Prussian composer reports a new contrivance. A local chamber musician has modified his brass concert horn, adding valves that allow him to play all the notes in the chromatic scale deftly and with total precision. Brass instruments were exceedingly limited at the time, and the invention put the concert horn technically on par with the rest of the orchestra. Gottlob Benedikt Bierey of Breslau (now the city of Wrocaw, Poland) was bowled over. In fact, he was so ...

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Multi-Instrumentalist Paul Adams Explores the 'Heavens' with His New Release

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 3, 2010

Peoria, IL - Is there something Paul Adams doesn't do? He's built instruments for some very well known musicians, he's a writer and poet, he plays a vast array of exotic instruments, composed music for major corporations, and has eight critically acclaimed albums out in about 5 different genres of music. I'm no genius, says Adams. I'm just fascinated with everything. It's difficult being musically varietal in life as it can confuse an audience. But, I guess it's my path. ...

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