Jazz News

Dede Allen Editor Revolutionized Imagery, Sound and Pace in U.S. Films

Source: Michael Ricci
April 18, 2010

Dede Allen, the film editor whose seminal work on Robert Rossen's “The Hustler" in 1961 and especially on Arthur Penn's “Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967 brought a startling new approach to imagery, sound and pace in American movies, died Saturday. She was 86. Allen, who was nominated for Academy Awards for “Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), “Reds" (1981) and “Wonder Boys" (2000), died at her Los Angeles home days after having a stroke, said her son, Tom Fleischman. Allen was the ...

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Academy of Country Music Awards

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2010

Sunday, Reba McEntire hosts the Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8 ET/PT).

Performers include Carrie Underwood and Lady Antebellum.

45th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES

Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Brad Paisley George Strait Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Keith Urban Zac Brown Band

Top Male Vocalist of the Year Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley ...

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Guitarist Michael-Louis Smith to Perform at the Iridium's New Faces After Midnight Series

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2010

Guitarist and composer Michael-Louis Smith's quintet will perform at The Iridium as part of Scobar Entertainment's “New Faces After Midnight" series on Saturday May 1st. The group will appear in support of the new CD, Portrait of MLS (unreleased as of press time)and will include some of the best on the NYC jazz scene; Stacy Dillard on Saxophone, Jeremy Manasia on piano, Diallo House on bass and Jeremy Bean Clemons on drums. The new album has been described as a ...

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Nancy King Leads Improv and Duo Workshop in the Languedoc, August 28 to September 4, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2010

Nancy King is one of the world's pre-eminent living jazz vocal improvisers. And she's incredibly fun to sing with. This summer 15 lucky people will be able to experience that in person as she leads a week-long jazz workshop for vocalists and duo artists in the wine-making village of Roujan, in Southern France.

The workshop, which runs August 28 to September 4, will be at La Maison Verte, a residential workshop facility about an hour away from Montpellier. Nancy will ...

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Jazz Revelation Records Releases New CD Birds of a Feather

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2010

Berklee's student run label Jazz Revelation Records (JRR) celebrates the release of its seventh compilation CD, Birds of a Feather, with a concert at the Berklee Performance Center on Thursday, April 22. The concert will feature seven of the label's most exciting student artists: Christoph Huber, Tom Kain, Utar Dundarartun, Kazuyo Kuriya, Lihi Haruvi, Nathan Cepelinski, and Roy Guzman. The Seventh Annual Jazz Revelation Records CD Release Concert is $10 ($5 for seniors), and begins at 8:15 p.m. at the ...

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Baaba Maal from Senegal to Royce Hall

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2010

Musical inspiration can strike Baaba Maal in any place, at any time. It might happen on the Paris Metro, where he sometimes hears echoes of African drum beats in the rumbling of the train cars. Or he could be in his native environs, on the banks of the Senegal River, listening for hidden melodies in the sound of the wind and the rain. “Just silently in my head I sing songs, on the top of rhythm," said the 56-year-old vocalist-guitarist. ...

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Under Your Skin Interviews: Antipop Consortium & JG Thirlwell

Source: All About Jazz
April 17, 2010

Antipop Consortium interview JG Thirlwell / Foetus interview This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: Goran Bregovic, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Kat Dyson, Dinosaur Jr, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee “Scratch Perry", Pablo Moses, Henry Rollins, Rhonda Smith, Sepultura, ...

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Studios Step up Futures Fight

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2010

The major movie studios may have lost their first battle over box-office futures trading, but they unveiled a powerful new weapon in response.

Financial reform legislation unveiled Friday by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., contains a provision that would ban futures trading based on box-office receipts. Lincoln is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction over futures markets. The Motion Picture Assn. of America, joined by the National Association of Theatre Owners, the Directors Guild of America and the ...

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