Jazz News

Xerox to Present First Annual Jazz Talent Competition

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

Building on the growing momentum of Rochester's world-renowned jazz festival, Xerox Corporation will present an “American Idol" style music competition leading up to the 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Dubbed “Jazz Star: The Search for a New Sensation," the talent show will raise money for a local youth program and--perhaps--catapult an unknown musician or group into jazz stardom. “Jazz music is a language inspired by passion," said Ed Gala, vice president, Global Experiential Marketing, Xerox Corporation. “Couple that with ...

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Jamie St Clair's New Release "Infusion: Tales of a Rock & Roll Seeker" Release in June 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

Sublime Dezine Records is shooting for Fall 2011 to release the new vocal jazz rock CD from Jamie St Clair: INFUSION: TALES OF A ROCK & ROLL SEEKER. Musicians: Jamie St Clair (guitars, vocals, arrangements) Prem Joshua (sitar, flute) Kit Walker (piano, bass) Suvarna Freeman (vocals) Maniko (vocals) Anandgyan (bass, vocals) Praashekh Borker (sarod) It's a fusion CD that goes from an acoustic “wall of vocals" sound on Zen Fire, to a Bruce Hornsby meets Crosby, Stills & Nash ballad ...

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Sarah Deleo Selected to Compete in WNYC's Battle of the Boroughs

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

Sarah DeLeo has been selected to compete in WNYC's Battle of the Boroughs: Manhattan Throwdown on Friday, April 2nd. Sarah will be singing “Rockin' Robin" from her latest CD, I'm in Heaven Tonight.

The event will take place in front of a live studio audience at The Greene Space [44 Charlton Street (on the corner of Charlton and Varick), New York City], and will also be presented as a live video webcast online at thegreenespace.org. Doors open at 7pm. Performances ...

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Jazz Los Angeles

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2010

Kenny Werner, Chris Potter Johannes Weidenmueller & Peter Erskine Catalina Bar & Grill : Thu., April 1 Hollywood

Dafni Amirsakis Hip Kitty : Thu., April 1 Pomona and beyond

The Matt Politano Trio Vitello's : Thu., April 1 San Fernando Valley

The Betty Bryant Quartet Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel Thu., April 1, 7:00pm-11:00pm Westchester/ LAX

Set of Nines ...

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Musical Improvising -- Is It All in Your Brain?

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

Is there a biological basis to a great sax solo?

Jonah Lehrer, a Wired editor and author of several populist-psychology books, recently recapped an intriguing new study by psychologists Darya Zabelina and Michael Robinson of North Dakota State University. The authors asked distinct groups of college students to imagine a day off from school or work, with one groups day set in the present, and the other's set from the perspective of a 7-year-old, and then gave each some creative ...

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Music Biopics Struggle to Make It to the Big Screen

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2010

From “The Buddy Holly Story" to “Bird" and from “Walk the Line" to the current “Runaways," the lure of biopics about famous music figures is undeniable.

The performers and their stories come loaded with a built-in awareness factor, anticipation among fans provides ready-made promotional fodder and such pics have proven to be Oscar bait for both stars and filmmakers. But for every “Runaways" or “La Vie en Rose" that makes it to the bigscreen -- some reaping box office success, ...

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ABC Shows to Stream on iPad

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2010

Disney has cut a deal with Apple to make full-length episodes of ABC shows available for streaming on the iPad.

Deal announced Thursday includes a wealth of content and iPad applications for ABC, ESPN and Disney-related content. The big news is the extension of full-length web streaming of most ABC skeins, including web magnets “Lost" and “Grey's Anatomy," to Apple's tablet device, which hits stores on Saturday. “The iPad provides a very compelling consumer experience, and we are pleased to ...

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Google Enabled 3rd Party Developers Access to Your Email Without Asking

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

You may or may not be excited by the acronyms OAuth and IMAP/SMTP, but the combination of them all together is very exciting news.

Google Code Labs announced this afternoon that it has just enabled 3rd party developers to securely access the contents of your email without ever asking you for your password. If you're logged in to Gmail, you can give those apps permission with as little as one click. What does that mean? It means mashups based on ...

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