Jazz News

Canadian Grammy to Drummer Terry Clarke

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2010

Drummer Terry Clarke and his Blue Music Group release “It's About Time" has won the 2010 Jazz Recording of the Year Juno Award. It's About TIme features saxophonists Joe Lovano, Greg Osby and Phil Dwyer, guitarist Jim Hall and bassist/pianist Don Thompson. It's About Time is Clarke's premier album as leader, after an extensive career as a supportive sideman on hundreds of recordings. The Down Beat magazine rated It's About Time with 4 1/2 stars: “A remarkable example of group ...

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Hands on New 4G iPhone

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2010

Gizmodo has managed to get its hands on the next-gen iPhone, and has posted videos and photos of the new handset. At this point were pretty much certain it is this summers new model. Our good friends at the Giz have had the handset for a week, and despite not being able to get past the connect to iTunes screen of any new iPhone, they have fully documented it and even opened the thing up. Somebody at Apple is in ...

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A Real Jazz Party! Second Annual Jazz up Down and Around with the Sun Ra Arkestra in Philadelphia on April 25th

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2010

Join the Party! It's LifeLine's second annual JAZZ UP DOWN AND AROUND event thanks to funding by the William King Foundation and support by the University of the Arts, Philadelphia Jazz Heritage Project, All About Jazz and WRTI radio.

Hear jazz in all directions with:

Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen Warren Oree & The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble The University of the Arts Jazz Band.

APRIL 25, 2010 THE ...

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Guitarist Steve Howe Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2010

Steve Howe has been a major figure in contemporary music for over 40 years. He first came to international prominence with Yes; he's a key figure in rock supergroup Asia; and his distinctive guitar style makes him one of the most recognizable players on the scene. His love of jazz is less well-known but it has been a crucial part of his life since he was a teenager. His work with the Steve Howe Trio now gives him a chance ...

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The Living Arts Apprenticeship Program 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
April 18, 2010

An innovative 12 day “live-on-the-land" / cross-disciplinary arts program, located in New York's Catskill Mountains Drum-set study with Amir Ziv Aikido study with Gadi Shorr Music composition & orchestration with Jordan McLean Join Amir, Gadi & Jordan in a converted cow-barn home on 7 acres in beautiful Catskills, NY for an intensive Drumming, Aikido & Music Composition/Orchestration cross-disciplinary program that will rejuvenate your soul and raise your skills to a new level This June, the Living Arts Apprenticeship is offering ...

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Print from iPad, Cellphones with 'Google Cloud Print'

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2010

After the lack of Flash support and the “missing" camera, one of the biggest complaints about the iPad is that you can't print from it, with or without a wire.

Google is about to solve this problem with cloud-printing, which will send your documents from a mobile device to any web-connected printer. I tend to view printing as something like the floppy disk, a legacy technology that nobody really needs anymore. And before you light up the comments telling me ...

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Beating the drum for Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum

Source: Michael Ricci
April 18, 2010

Former Target CEO Robert Ulrich wants to represent the musical culture of every country on the planet.

What has more impact on people's lives day in and day out than music? Robert Ulrich

Not long before Robert Ulrich stepped down from his long-held job as CEO of Target Stores upon reaching the company's mandatory retirement age of 65, he was on a trip through Europe indulging one of his extracurricular passions as a museum junkie. On the trip ...

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Angels on My Stage: The True Story of Eddie Benitez

Source: Michael Ricci
April 18, 2010

Angels on My Stage: The True Story of Eddie Benitez, the autobiography of legendary guitarist Eddie Benitez, is now out on Kindle Books at Amazon.com. Angels on My Stage is a memoir with a mission: It is the extraordinary life story of a celebrated recording artist—Eddie Benitez. But it is much more than a typical celebrity memoir; it is a book filled with stories and events that go far beyond the music industry and a guitarist's memorable life filled with ...

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