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Recording

Jazz Guitarist and Composer Michael-Louis Smith to Release Debut Album Portrait of MLS

Source: Michael Ricci
April 9, 2010

Jazz guitarist and composer Michael-Louis Smith will release his debut album Portrait of MLS. The album, which be available to the public soon, consists of seven original compositions by Smith including the jazz/pop favorite “Up in the Air" and features some of the best jazz musicians in NYC including long time collaborators Stacy Dillard on tenor and soprano saxophone, Theo Hill on piano as well as new friends Gregg August on bass and Rudy Royston on drums. The album has ...

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TV / Film

World Premiere Words and Music...Singing the Great American Songbook Documentary Film

Source: Michael Ricci
April 10, 2010

Dear friends, I wanted to let you know our film will be making it's world wide debut and can be viewed as a live streaming event on the following dates. If any of you have any contacts or leads and referrals with your local community tv stations please let me know. I want our film to be seen by as many folks as possible. Thank you once again for your support! All love and good wishes, Ron Kaplan Words and ...

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Obituary

Eddie Carroll, Voice of Jiminy Cricket and Jack Benny Impersonator Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
April 10, 2010

Eddie Carroll, an actor who for decades gave voice to Jiminy Cricket in Disney projects and impersonated Jack Benny in a noted one-man stage show, has died. He was 76. Carroll died Tuesday from a brain tumor at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, said his wife, Carolyn. “He was so proud to do both roles," his wife said. “He just admired the whole fantasy of Jiminy Cricket, and he loved the man . . . who ...

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Technology

Apple Goes Where the Portals Failed: It's the Hardware, Stupid

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2010

Six months ago an Apple analyst told me he thought the company's long-term goal was to become the internet's cable TV company. I didn't get it then. I really get it now. Most think of Apple as a computer or consumer electronics company. I think that's becoming a means to a much bigger end: becoming a giant news, entertainment and communications network with Googillian ambitions. Most of its money still comes from selling computers, iPhones, iPods and iPads. But with ...

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Technology

Privacy Groups Want Feds to Investigate Targeted Ads

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2010

A trio of privacy groups want federal regulators to take a close look at ad networks that track web surfers' and sell targeted ads. The groups want the Federal Trade Commission to open an inquiry into whether these networks, including Google and Yahoo, are unfairly tracking Americans and profiting from their data. The World Privacy Forum, the Center for Digital Democracy and U.S. PIRG (public interest research groups) argue that online marketers are secretly combining online data with offline data ...

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Video / DVD

New Concert DVD from Michael Bolton

Source: Michael Ricci
April 9, 2010

Michael Bolton's new DVD “Live at Royal Albert Hall" will be in stores May 4th along with his brand new studio album One World One Love. Join Michael Bolton for an unforgettable concert at London's famous Royal Albert Hall as he delivers hit after hit in his trademark soulful style in front of a packed audience. With his inimitable voice, charismatic stage presence and superb songwriting Michael Bolton holds the audience in the palm of his hand as he performs ...

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Technology

15 iPad Apps You Should Download Today

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2010

The iPad's got a big screen, zippy performance and a decent web browser -- but its real potential lies in the thousands of apps -- more than 3,000 already -- that use that hardware in new and interesting ways. But as significant of an advancement as the iPad may be compared to its smaller predecessors, one major problem remains: The App Store is still a cluttered mess, and iPad apps only add to the pile. Furthermore, iPad apps are generally ...

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Music Industry

WGA in Tune with Composers

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2010

Film and TV composers and lyricists seeking to unionize have gotten the backing of the Writers Guild of America, as well as a handful of Hollywood heavyweights. The Assn. of Media Composers and Lyricists, as the group is now calling itself - and which hopes to become part of Teamsters Local 399 - will hold its next organizing meeting at 7:30 on April 19 at the Writers Guild Theater. WGA West president John Wells confirmed that the guild will support ...

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