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Event

Michael Powers Frequency, Slavic Soul Featured at 10th Annual Free Summer on the Hudson

Source: Reva Cooper
April 2, 2010

Michael Powers Frequency and the Slavic Soul Party are among the attractions this summer on the Acoustic Sundays series of the 10th annual free Summer On the Hudson festival, Pier I at Riverside Park South. For more information on all events, please call 311 or (212) 408-0219, or visit nyc.gov/parks/soh or riversideparkfund.org Summer On the Hudson (SOH), one of New York City's largest free summer festivals, opens its Tenth Anniversary Season Sunday, May 2, at Riverside Park South with the ...

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Event

The Cardew Object

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

This three-day event explores the works and ideas of experimental British composer Cornelius Cardew and the activities of the Scratch Orchestra, a collaborative group of musically-trained and untrained participants engaged in radical modes of improvisatory and cross-disciplinary art-making. Cardew developed elaborate forms of graphic notation in an effort to liberate performers from the constraints of traditional music notation. His work also enables sound-based practices to shift political consciousness and provoke social action. Participants will explore these larger “ways of organizing," ...

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Event

Grace Kelly at the Jazz Corner in Hilton Head on April 9

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

Tenor Sax young Lion Grace Kelly will be performing at Hilton Head Island's premier Jazz Club, The Jazz Corner, on Friday April 9 and Saturday April 10. Two sets each night beginning at 8 p.m. The Jazz Corner is a full service jazz club and restaurant so reservations for dinner are required. Call 843-842-8620. About Grace Kelly When it comes to saxophonist/vocalist/composer/lyricist/arranger Grace Kelly, people seem to be divided into two groups: those who marvel at her proficiency, creativity and ...

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Obituary

John Bunch, Pianist with Goodman and Bennett, Dies at 88

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

John Bunch, a jazz pianist whose elegant style led to prominent sideman posts with Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett as well as an accomplished solo career, died on Tuesday in Manhattan, where he lived. He was 88. His death, at Roosevelt Hospital, was caused by melanoma, said Cecily Gemmell, his wife and only immediate survivor. Mr. Bunch was one of a handful of pianists who made a successful transition from swing to bebop in the 1940s, though he never lost ...

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Website

155 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2010

Video / DVD

Kat Dyson, DJ Rob Swift & TM Stevens

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2010

Technology

Six Prominent Technophiles Give Their View on the Tablet Computer

Source: Michael Ricci
April 1, 2010

Apple Inc. stormed back into consumer electronics in 2001 with its iPod music player, then solidified its reputation as the coolest, most forward-thinking tech company with the iPhone in 2007. The landmark devices have generated an estimated $60 billion in sales, and the halo effect helped revive Apple's personal computer business. Now Apple is about to light the fuse on the latest technological smart bomb: its iPad tablet computer that goes on sale Saturday. The touch-screen iPad is being billed ...

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Recording

The Music Shines Brightly: Through the Lens of the Other Dimension, Random Touchs 13th Release

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 1, 2010

Algonquin, IL - Through the Lens of the Other Dimension is an evocative work, highly cinematic, heart-felt and softer than more recent works by eclectic music ensemble Random Touch. 2007s Alchemy is the previous release it most strongly resembles. The sixteen succinct pieces are like poetic soundtracks for various films. Titles such as Burglars on Tiptoe and Morning Rain are typical and lend an air of the visual and the contemplative to the sound and arc of the individual tracks. ...

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