Jazz News

Keith Jarrett at Disney Hall Review

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

Always a keen observer of audience habits, to put it mildly, a chatty Keith Jarrett couldn't resist telling a packed Disney Hall that he'd noticed a pattern among jazz crowds lately. I remember lines of people waiting to see the new thing, he said playfully from a lone spotlighted microphone stand opposite his piano. Now, there are lines of people waiting to see old things. Of course, when the old thing in question is the 64-year-old Jarrett, its understood that ...

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New Release from Jose James & Jef Neve "For All We Know" on Impulse

Source: Verve Label Group
March 17, 2010

"This record is all about capturing the moment," Jose James says of For All We Know, his upcoming Impulse! release. The album, a collaboration between James and noted Belgian pianist Jef Neve, finds the charismatic young vocalist applying his warm, rich baritone to a sterling assortment of timeless jazz and pop standards. The result is an eloquently spare, effortlessly expressive set, with James' vivid performances and the intimate duo format lending new emotional depth to such beloved classics as “Tenderly," ...

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New Release from Lucy Woodward "Hooked" on Verve Forecast

Source: Verve Label Group
March 17, 2010

"I wanted to make a modern-day torch record," Lucy Woodward says of her Verve Records debut Hooked!, which finds the New York-bred singer-songwriter achieving a remarkable creative rebirth by reembracing her early musical roots. Woodward made her first impression on the national scene with her 2003 debut album While You Can and her bubbly pop hit “Dumb Girls." But her musical heart lies in the soulful authenticity of classic jazz, swing, R&B and Latin music, and it's those influences that ...

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Jazz Hopefuls Get Their Chance to Learn and Play with the Stars

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

An initiative launched by PureSolo.com in association with Jazz FM will provide undiscovered jazz musicians with the break they've been looking for, in a series of online talent competitions.

For most budding jazz musicians, the thought of performing with some of the genre's biggest stars is a pleasant daydream--but one that is seemingly unattainable.

PureSolo and Jazz FM have teamed up to make that dream a reality for a chosen few, in a unique series of ...

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"The Cove" Being Felt at the Hump Santa Monica's Sushi Probe

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2010

The owner of The Hump, the Santa Monica sushi restaurant where, until recently, an endangered species of whale was on the menu, has already publicly admitted to violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. Charges have been filed. The restaurant, in its own way, has even said it is sorry, issuing a statement that included the phrase, “We sincerely apologize" while also noting, “whale meat in Japan is widely served as a delicacy." Now the question is, “What move, if ...

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Venezuela Denies Plans to Censor Internet

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2010

Venezuela is not planning to censor the Web or to shut down social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, officials said on Monday, after President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet. Opposition leaders, bloggers and media freedom groups are worried Chavez's socialist government is preparing to clamp down on the networking sites or install tight controls such as those used by Cuba, Iran and China. Chavez last week said authorities should act against news and opinion site ...

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Google Appears to Drop Censorship in China

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2010

Internet giant denies change, but famous Tank Man picture now accessible. Once censored, the picture could be seen over the Internet in China Tuesday.

Web sites dealing with subjects such as the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, Tibet and regional independence movements could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday, after the company said it would no longer abide by Beijing's censorship rules. Despite a report in the China Daily that Google China was still filtering content on its ...

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How Privacy Vanishes Online

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

If a stranger came up to you on the street, would you give him your name, Social Security number and email address?

Yet people often dole out all kinds of personal information on the Internet that allows such identifying data to be deduced. Services like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr are oceans of personal minutiae -- birthday greetings sent and received, school and work gossip, photos of family vacations, and movies watched. Computer scientists and policy experts say that such seemingly ...

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