Jazz News

First Batch of Twitter Apps for iPad Ready to Fly

Source: Michael Ricci
April 5, 2010

Not surprisingly, Twitter Inc. isn't making an official application for the iPad.

You can always pull up Twitter.com in the tablet computer's Safari browser.

Instead, the company is relying on its army of third-party developers to dream up the next wave of touchable software, and they're taking the call. Two days before the iPad even hits stores, several developers of Twitter-powered iPad apps have already shown off or have had plans leaked for their upcoming products. As you'd expect with ...

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Soul Singer Erykah Badu Strips, Gets Shot, Shocks

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2010

Soul singer gets shot at site of JFK assassination in new music video. Sex and violence: In pop culture, it's the one-two punch that knocks the wind out of just about everyone. Currently basking in its power is Erykah Badu. The soul singer scored a mother lode of attention (and free publicity) this week with her new video “Window Seat," in which she strips nude and simulates getting shot in the head. A single camera follows Badu for nearly five ...

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Doctors Diagnose iPad's Usefulness

Source: Michael Ricci
April 5, 2010

The scenario sounds straight out of a sci-fi movie -- the doctor pulls out her touch- screen tablet computer from the drawer of instruments. She calls up the patient's chart with a few taps and proceeds to add a note to the page with her latest diagnosis. A visualization pops up, and she flips the screen over to give the patient an idea of what ails him. Doctors are presuming the iPad could make this scene a reality as soon ...

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Web Site by Stanford Experts Monitors App Security

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2010

With Apple Inc.'s iPad rolling out this weekend, developers are scrambling to create new applications -- or apps. But are they safe? That's the question a new Web site hopes to help answer. Internet security experts at Stanford University launched a site Friday that reviews how well certain Web and mobile applications protect users' privacy. Dozens of the more that 200 apps listed on WhatApp have already been reviewed by a team of lawyers, computer scientists, and privacy and ...

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Herbie Nichols' Third World: Music and an Interview with Biographer Mark Miller

Source: Michael Ricci
April 5, 2010

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Persian Folk, Funk and Psychedelia Win New Generation of Fans

Source: Michael Ricci
April 5, 2010

Enthusiasts in L.A. have compiled the 16-track 'Pomegranates.' It's their way of sharing tunes rediscovered from the 1960s and '70s. It might not have been your typical party-time call and response, but the sold-out crowd at Cinefamily last week was as enthused as any frat house -- ready to thrust fists and shake hips in homage to Persia's pop past. “I say... 'Disco!' You say 'Iran'!" “Disco!" ... “Iran!" “Disco" ... “Iran!" Hundreds were at the Fairfax Avenue theater to ...

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Enter the Motema "Rufus Reid - Out Front" Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Motema Music “Rufus Reid - Out Front“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 7th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Rufus Reid at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Motema Music

About Rufus Reid and Out Front “Reid is the man to call for any musical situation that demands both ...

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Bassist Yuri Goloubev Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2010

After a highly successful career in one of the world's greatest classical ensembles, the Moscow Soloists, Russian double-bassist Yuri Goloubev decided to turn his back entirely on this world to heed another calling: jazz.

Responding to his lifelong passion, Goloubev established himself in Milan, Italy, where in the past five years he has recorded an impressive number of sessions and fully established himself on the national jazz scene.

As one-third of the short-lived but highly impressive trio SGS, Goloubev established ...

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