Jazz News

The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation Hosts National Jazz Appreciation Month in South Carolina

Source: Michael Ricci
March 19, 2010

Columbia, SC -- The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation in keeping with it stated mission is pleased to host Jazz Appreciation Month in South Carolina beginning Thursday, April 1 through Friday, April 30, 2010. Throughout the entire month activities and special event will be offered devoted to music education, centered on the theme: The Art of Bebop. There is literally something for everyone on the schedule, with the creme de la creme being a live jam session on Sunday, April 25 ...

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Stanford Lively Arts Presents "A Tribute to Herbie Hancock" Starring Christian McBride on March 31

Source: Michael Ricci
March 18, 2010

Concert curated by National Jazz Museum in Harlem will feature Hancock veterans Bennie Maupin, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart, and others

Bass phenom and National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) co-director Christian McBride performs a tribute to the music of living-legend jazz composer/keyboardist Herbie Hancock in a concert presented by Stanford Lively Arts on Wednesday, March 31 at 8:00 p.m. at Dinkelspiel Auditorium.

McBride will lead his all-star band--including saxophonist Bennie Maupin (a member of Hancock's celebrated Headhunters and Mwandishi ensembles ...

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Sun Ra Arkestra Member/Father of Massachusetts Governor's Collection Dedicated to Berklee S Africana Studies Archive

Source: Michael Ricci
March 18, 2010

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and his family, is honoring his late father s musical and cultural legacy by donating the vast collection of jazz musician, composer and arranger Laurdine Kenneth Pat" Patrick to Berklee College of Music s Africana Studies Archive. The historical Pat Patrick Collection comprises hundreds of scores, photographs, personal materials, and recordings. A dedication ceremony and celebration of Pat Patrick s life and work will be held on March 24 at the college s Africana Studies Archive. ...

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Christian Scott Live Chat on Justin.TV March 21st

Source: On Target Media Group
March 18, 2010

Join Concord Jazz star trumpeter Christian Scott for a live online chat this Sunday, March 21st at Justin.tv. Christian will be taking questions live from 1pm EST on his Justin.tv channel about his upcoming new album and 4th full-length for Concord Jazz Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, which hits stores March 30th and features the single, a cover of Thom Yorke's (Radiohead) 'The Eraser'. Watch it here. Or, live on Christian's Facebook page. ...

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MTV Networks Executives Wanted to Buy Youtube

Source: Michael Ricci
March 18, 2010

There is much to behold in the 300-plus pages released Thursday morning in the $1-billion copyright infringement lawsuit that Viacom has lobbed against YouTube and its parent company, Google. Among the more juicy tidbits is a set of internal Viacom documents from July 2006 showing that the New York media conglomerate had explored buying YouTube for as little as $1 million. The talks foundered, and YouTube was subsequently acquired by Google in October 2006 for $1.8 billion. In one e-mail ...

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Actress/Singer Sally Kellerman's "Opening Night" at Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club April 29, 2010 Studio City

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2010

There will be lots of festivities surrounding actress/singer Sally Kellerman's “Opening Night" at Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club on April 29, 2010. Showtime is 8pm and it is called “Opening Night" because it is the opening of a series of concerts at Vitello's with Sally Kellerman. Sally has one of the most recognizable voices in the world. She also starred as the infamous Hot Lips Houlihan in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H, one of the most popular feature films of all time ...

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3D or Not 2D, That is the Question

Source: Michael Ricci
March 18, 2010

'Dragon' versus 'Titans' versus 'Alice' in fight over 3-D screens Studios are using high-pressure tactics to book their films into theaters.

In the wake of the blockbuster “Avatar," Hollywood's obsession with 3-D has hit a roadblock.

Paramount Pictures is using high-pressure tactics against theaters to book DreamWorks Animation's upcoming big-budget 3-D film, “How to Train Your Dragon" onto scarce 3-D screens around the country, according to industry executives. “Dragon," opening March 26, will be going head to head against the ...

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'Bones' Howe & Tom Waits the Odd Couple?

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2010

When label boss David Geffen teamed respected engineer 'Bones' Howe with an unknown and very strange songwriter called Tom Waits, he set in motion one of the great artist-producer partnerships.

PHOTO: Bones Howe, Crystal Gayle and Tom Waits during the recording of 1982's “One From The Heart" soundtrack.

There might not have been an odder long-term pairing in the music business than 'Bones' Howe and Tom Waits. The engineer and producer was responsible for a string of the artist's classic ...

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