Jazz News

New Questions over Googles Street View in Germany

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

Google's plan to offer Street View photo mapping in Germany, which has bumped up against the country's strict privacy laws, has come in for renewed criticism after regulators learned that the company, a search engine giant, was also archiving the locations of household wireless networks. Google's Street View technology has been accepted in countries like Britain and France, but has encountered greater resistance in Germany and Switzerland, where data privacy laws are stricter than in the rest of Europe or ...

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Steve Jobs Claims Flash Will Kill the Mobile Web

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2010

The estrangement is complete: Let the messy divorce begin. Steve Jobs has gone public about his problems with Flash, the omnipresent web multimedia format which he will not allow on iPhones, iPods and iPads. Coming a little more than a week after Adobe said it would no longer try to get Flash onto Apples suite of mobile internet devices, this looks like the definitive split. There's no chance of reconciliation, and the parties have moved from grumbling and sniping to ...

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Ben Williams and Sound Effect to Play May 22 in Saratoga Springs, NT

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula Live at GBM NYC May 10

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

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NYC's Jazz Standard Announces May Line-Up

Source: AMT Public Relations
May 2, 2010

JAZZ STANDARD Presents Some of Todays Leading Vocalists and Pianists During the Month of May JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nations premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in May. Pianist Mulgrew Miller will lead a trio introducing vocalist Alvin Stone Maddox (May 45) followed by his all-star septet Wingspan (May 69). The beautiful duet sounds of vocalist Nancy King and pianist Fred Hersch will be heard (May 1112), followed by trumpeter Wallace Roney and his allstar group ...

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Playboy Jazz Festival Free Community Concert

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2010

Playboy Jazz Festival Community Concert

The run-up to the annual summer jazz party starts in earnest with this free concert with Grammy-winning pianist Bil Cunliffe and his septet paired with the traditional sounds of vocalist Johnny Crawford and his Orchestra.

May 2nd : 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Beverly Hills Civic Center Plaza Beverly Hills, CA http://www.playboyjazz.com Price: Free

Playboy Jazz Festival

The 32nd annual summer music party at the bowl returns, ...

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Jazz Legends Return to Historic Bohemian Caverns in Washington, DC

Source: The Phillips Agency
May 1, 2010

Washingtonians and visitors to the nation's capital can feel the past and glimpse the future of jazz music by visiting historic Bohemian Caverns, where a rich jazz experience awaits. A jazz spot whose roots date back to 1926, Bohemian Caverns is the city's oldest jazz club and a must-hear see jazz destination. It's located on Washington's legendary U Street Corridor, for many decades a Mecca of hip and cool culture. Some called the neighborhood Washington's Harlem. Bohemian Caverns was once ...

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Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense DVD & VOD Release Due May 11

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

Pre-order it now at shop.allaboutjazz.com BUY IT AT shop.allaboutjazz.com Theatrical Length Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding & Bill Frisell “[Icons] depicts jazz as a living, breathing and ever-evolving musical art form, and above all, exposes more people to some of the best jazz artists around today." --NPR Music “Provocative" --Los Angeles Times

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