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MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: 26 April-2 May 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2010

This Monday, April 26th, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on one of the most important guitarists in jazz today, STEVE KHAN, just two days before the day that marks his 63rd birthday. You'll hear all about his beginnings in Los Angeles and his move to New York City during the fusion era to work with The Brecker Brothers, the beginnings of his solo ...

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Hollywood Don't Get Games

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2010

Avatar producer Jon Landau says getting game developers to work directly with forward-thinking filmmakers is the solution to Hollywood's long-standing videogame problem. The process for developing movie-themed games “can't be studio-driven," Landau told Wired.com. “It has to be filmmaker-driven. I think [game companies] need to go find the Jim Cameron's, Steven Spielberg's and Peter Jackson's of the world and develop the relationships with them." Landaus comments came after his keynote interview at the 3D Gaming Summit here Thursday, the same ...

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New York Jazz Listings

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2010

CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL (Friday through Thursday) Tenor saxophonist Houston Person Friday Jazz 966 Fulton Street in Fort Greene Violinist Billy Bang Saturday Sistas Place Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant Percussionist Neal Clarke Sunday New York Aquarium at Coney Island. Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street, near Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights, ...

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Sones de Mexico Ensemble Creates a Fiesta Mexicana on New Album

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
April 26, 2010

Ancient Aztec Myths, Cowboy Mice, and Dancing Iguanas: Sones de Mexico Ensemble Creates a Fiesta Mexicana for Children

What do a crawfish, a cowboy mouse, and a 100-year-old woman have in common? They are all characters in Fiesta Mexicana: Mexican Songs & Stories for Ninos & Ninas and their Papas & Mamas (release April 24, 2010), the latest recording by Sones de Mexico Ensemble. The same band that three years ago ventured into uncharted waters with Mexican folk retoolings of ...

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Tyrone Smith's "Playing It by Ear" Available on May 11th

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2010

Produced by Grammy Award winning producer Jack Kreisberg. Tyrone Smith is a melodically aware saxophonist who combines melody with rhythmic complexities that appeal to both jazz & R&B listeners, including fans of Maceo Parker, David “Fathead" Newman, Fred Wesley, Grover Washington, Jr., Kirk Whalum, and Marcus Miller. Smith has performed live with Charlie Persip, Al Jarreau, Bernard Purdie, Joss Stone, Benny Powell, Junior Mance, Lonnie Plaxico, The Roots, and has opened for comedian Sinbad. Recognized and awarded by both DownBeat ...

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Norah Jones at the Orpheum Theatre

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2010

It's hard to feel sorry for Norah Jones: At 31, she's already sold more records than most artists will over a lifetime, and despite her soccer-mom appeal, she's retained a kind of cool-musician cachet, collaborating in recent years with Bright Eyes, Beck and the Beastie Boys. In an unsteady music industry, hers is a success story with both commercial and creative dimensions. Still, on Friday night at the Orpheum Theatre, where Jones played a sold-out date on her current U.S. ...

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The Art is Instrumental

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2010

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The Big Easy on TV: 'Treme' Brings New Orleans Jazz Front and Center

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
April 26, 2010

By Tad Hendrickson

Talk to most musicians, and they'll generally sound like they are caught amidst a whirlwind of activity. It takes a lot of hustling to make ends meet when you are musician, particularly a musician who plays jazz. So it is altogether appropriate that one of the running threads of the new HBO series 'Treme' is that the character of Antoine Batiste, played by Wendell Pierce, is looking for a gig, or is on the run to get ...

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