Jazz News

Artfact Live! Presents Collection of Jazz Vinyl LPS & CDs

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

On March 17, 2010, Quinn's Auction Galleries, located in Fall Church, VA, will host its Collection Of Jazz Vinyl Lps & Cds Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this exclusive sale, Quinn's Auction Galleries will offer more than 300 lots of Jazz Vinyl Lps and Cds. A The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid of $210 and expected to sell between $400-$600. If you can't join the ...

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Jazz FM Launches New Supper Club - The Bloomsbury Set

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

The Bloomsbury Set is a terrific initiative - bringing top class jazz artists exposure, outside traditional venues and re-inventing the tradition of wonderful entertainment in London's hotels Created by Jazz FM and Radisson Edwardian Hotels, The Bloomsbury Set is to be re-born as a series of intimate evenings of fine dining and world-class jazz in the glamorous surroundings of the exclusive Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel. The inaugural Bloomsbury Set evening, will take place on March 27 and features one ...

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Get on Reality TV Show

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2010

You don't need to crash a White House party to make it onto a reality TV show. Wired asked Lynne Spillman, casting director for “Amazing Race" and “Survivor", what she looks for in wannabe fameballs.

Here are three tips for making sure you aren't voted off her island.

This article is a wiki. Got extra advice? Log in and add it. Accent Your Positives.

Let casting know what you've got to offer the ratings gods -- be it mad rodent-cooking ...

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Salongo at The Afrikan Poetry Theatre (Queens) on March 20th

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

The Afrikan Poetry Theatre Proudly Presents Salongo with Eddie Allen (leader) - trumpet Bruce Williams - alto sax Craig Rivers - tenor sax Oscar Perez - piano Gene Torres - bass Diego Lopez - drums Roman Diaz - percussion Saturday, March 20, 2010 Performance Time: 8:00 - 11:00pm Center For Culture/the Afrikan Poetry Theatre 176-03 Jamaica Ave. Queens ...

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Google's Traffic is Giant, Which is Why It Should Be Your ISP

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2010

Everybody knows Google is one of the net's big kids, but how big is it exactly?

Well, as Arbor Networks measures it, if Google were an ISP it would be the third largest in the world and the fastest growing -- if you are measuring the amount of traffic passed from its network to another. Arbor sells network control and monitoring equipment to the net's biggest ISPs and networks, and knows as much about global network traffic as anyone does. ...

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Iconic Free Drummer/Amm Co-Founder Eddie Prevost Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2010

Drummer and percussionist Eddie Prvost was a founding member of the pioneering free-improvising group AMM, back in 1965, and has remained a member ever since. In the intervening years, AMM saw frequent personnel changes, from the early lineup of Prvost--saxophonist Lou Gare, guitarist Keith Rowe, pianist Cornelius Cardew, and cellist Lawrence Sheaff--through to the current duo of Prvost and pianist John Tilbury. Rowe left AMM in 2004 after a prolonged period of the group being a trio.

Rowe gave his ...

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Judy Wexler's "Talkin' About My Generation" at Vitello's March 24th

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
March 17, 2010

Judy Wexler makes her debut at Vitello's Upstairs with a new show called “Talkin' About My Generation," featuring music from the 60's-70's, with songs by Richie Havens, the Zombies, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Melanie, and many more. “Talkin' About My Generation" sets out to capture the musical zeitgeist of the times with a distinctive jazz twist, taking the audience on an adventure through psychedelia, the sexual revolution, social commentary, and protest songs. Judy is backed by Jeff ...

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Elis Regina's Biography "Furacão Elis" Set for English-Language Internet Debut

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

Connectbrazil.com is pleased to announce the launch of its new internet home for the life story of legendary Brazilian singer Elis Regina, the English language translation of the full-length book Furacão Elis. The free, web-based text will be launched from its new permanent home as part of the Connectbrazil.com network on Thursday, March 17th in honor of her birthday. The book itself is an interesting story. Carefully researched and authored by Regina Echeverria, Furacão Elis was first published by Editorial ...

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