Jazz News

W. Royal Stokes Donates Collection to the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

The Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at the University of the District of Columbia has acquired a significant collection of recordings, books, and periodicals from jazz author, historian, radio personality, and critic W. Royal Stokes, a D.C. native and former writer for The Washington Post. “The University of the District of Columbia is a natural and most appropriate repository for my donation. After all, I am a D.C. native, graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, and, after living here and ...

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150+ New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

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Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced that the 33rd annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival will present a stellar 2010 lineup including the “Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight, jazz singer Al Jarreau & the George Duke Trio, legendary blues icon Taj Mahal, guitarist extraordinaire Al Di Meola and two piano legends - Ramsey Lewis and Ahmad Jamal. The Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27 jazz festival will feature more than 20 performances over the two-day weekend on SPAC's Amphitheater and ...

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Nette Robinson's Little Big Band Album Launch

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

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First Looks: Magazines on the iPad

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

Last week, a video of online magazine VIVmag's iPad app made the rounds on the web. Featured in The New York Times as a taste of digital reading's future, this extraordinary, interactive video-infused 'zine was beautiful to watch, but left many others questioning if the expense of creating tablet-ready content like this was actually feasible.

For some, that answer - surprisingly - may be yes. According to Jeanniey Mullen, CMO of the magazine's distributor, Zinio, the cost was not as ...

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Inventor of the Web Gets Backing to Build Web of Data

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and prominent researcher Nigel Shadbolt will lead a new British Institute for Web Science with $45 million in government backing. The announcement was not without its critics, but the Institute could have a world-wide impact.

The two men collaborated in helping build the excellent data.gov.uk and will now expand upon that work. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said of the move: “We are determined to go further in breaking down the walled ...

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Chinese Get Google Search Results, but Can't Click Through

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

With Google redirecting users to its Hong Kong search engine, powerful new results now show up for sensitive subjects such as the June 4 Tiananmen crackdown, Taiwanese independence and the Dalai Lama.

But opening those links is another matter.

Connections to the banned search results are denied, much as they are for any foreign website under the purview of China's censorship machinery, known as the Great Firewall.

Search for a forbidden term one too many times, and the connection to ...

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John Mayer Lets the Music Do the Talking

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

After a public flap over statements in a Playboy interview, the singer-songwriter forgoes interviews and does his communicating from the stage.

The backlash to his Playboy interview may have caused him to recoil from the spotlight, but John Mayer's concerts and albums have remained sturdy and popular.

For a few hours Thursday night, John Mayer will perform before a nearly sold-out Staples Center crowd, then disappear once more into the depths of his self-inflicted celebrity jail. This has been the ...

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