Jazz News

The Restoration Of 'Metropolis'

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

It's often been said that silent films are a lost art twice over. Not only are movies without sound not being made anymore, but many of the classics of the period also no longer physically exist. That, however, is not the end of the story. For what's less well known is that pictures long thought to be lost forever, key works unseen for decades, have a remarkable tendency to regularly turn up in ways as exciting and dramatic as the ...

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Telluride Jazz Celebration

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2010

Telluride Jazz Celebration...It's More Than Jazz Truly extraordinary moments tend to happen when high-altitude, great attitude and breathtaking mountain beauty mix with great jazz from all the genres. Telluride Jazz Celebration (TJC) has consistently earned national and international favor for featuring the best in classic, mainstream, blues, African and Latin jazz music, and this year will be no exception. In addition to the 2010 featured artists, there will be additional TJC events like wine tastings, yoga and jazz brunches. And ...

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Net Neut: FCC Needs to Step up Regulation of Internet Broadband Service

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

A battle is about to erupt between federal regulators and telecom companies, and nothing less than the future of the Internet could be on the line. At issue is a seemingly benign question: Is the Net an information service or a telecommunication service? As it stands, high-speed Internet service is classified by the Federal Communications Commission as a “Title I" information service in the same way that Google is an information service. This means broadband providers such as phone and ...

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iPad WI-Fi + 3g Models Available in Us on April 30

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2010

Apple today announced that the Wi-Fi + 3G models of its magical iPad(tm) will be delivered to US customers who've pre-ordered on Friday, April 30, and will be available in Apple retail stores the same day starting at 5:00 p.m. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, ...

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Popularity of 3-D is Affecting How Screenplays Are Written

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

When Matt Pitts, a writer on “Fringe" and a former assistant to J.J. Abrams, recently began shopping his first film script to movie studios, he knew he had a marketable idea on his hands.

The title of his screenplay, after all, was “ Spring Break Zombie Cruise" and its storyline followed, well, just that. But the prospect of flesh-eating creatures stalking beautiful young bodies wasn't his script's main hook. The element to catch a studio mogul's eye? A plan to ...

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Legendary Bass Innovator Jeff Berlin to Release New CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 27, 2010

Clearwater, FL - Jeff Berlin is a legend of the electric bass, considered by many to be the finest electric bass player in the world. A true master of the bass, Jeff Berlin has played with the likes of Bill Bruford, George Benson, Allan Holdsworth, and even toured with original members of Yes (Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe) on only three days' notice. Much to the anticipation of his fans, Jeff is releasing a new jazz trio CD on his own ...

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Jazz Appreciation Month Finds A.R.C. Members Active

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
April 27, 2010

Jazz Appreciation Month, now celebrating its 9th anniversary, was initiated to honor those of yesteryear but to also showcase today's talent and expose it to new generations of jazz music lovers. This story features some Artists Recording Collective (ARC) News and Press Items during Jazz Appreciation Month.

DONALD HARRISON, JR. is featured in several capacities within the presentation and production aspects of the new HBO series, “Treme". Variety reported on April 14, 2010 that Sunday's “Treme" premiere garnered 1.1 million ...

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Multi-Reedist Steve Norton Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2010

Multi-reedist Steve Norton is best known for his work with the 1990s Boston-based band Debris. Debris was an ambitious, exuberant, puzzling band that puzzled together serialism, free jazz and funk. Their music is in equal measure exhilarating and exhausting.

It was the combination, in part, that burned Norton out about ten years ago, as well as a need to attend to his job and family. Back in full force now, at fighting weight, with drive and direction and reinvigorated sound, ...

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