Jazz News

Dee Dee Bridgewater Channels Billy Holiday

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2010

The lights of Manhattan glittered in the background, as jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater set her sights on bass player Christian McBride.

Cooing, crooning and creeping toward him on the stage, she sang an up-tempo, sexually suggestive blues, moaning “Oooh" and “Aaah" as an erotic tension built, stopping just short of physical contact.

It was a trademark moment for one of the jazz world's most celebrated divas, but it was also incongruous: Bridgewater had just sung “Mother's Son in Law," ...

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Half the Beatles' Play the Cahuenga Pass

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2010

Bob Eubanks booked The Beatles' August 23rd 1964 for a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The Fab Four returned a year later. The summer of 2010 the two remaining members return to play across the Cahuenga Divide from each others current bands.

Paul McCartney returns to Hollywood Bowl on March 30th and 31st.

Paul McCartney will play the Hollywood Bowl on March 30 & 31st, his first concert at the venue since 1993, as part of ...

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The Strip Society

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2010

Vegas entertainers take stage for ailing pal. Singer-musician Bill Fayne's recent medical and financial setbacks feel a bit more manageable after colleagues raise around $20,000 at a sold-out benefit show.

After accidentally going to the wrong casino, Excalibur headliner Louie Anderson rushed over to the Suncoast to offer a short burst of his humor to the sellout crowd of more than 500.

Backstage, Anderson said: “Vegas gets a bad rap for being shallow and not very community-minded. All the show ...

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Federal Court Rules Against Cable Providers

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2010

Major cable providers lost a key battle with government regulators on Friday, as a federal appeals court ruled that companies like Cablevision and Comcast must continue to make programming they own available to satellite companies. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. ruled that the Federal Communications Commission could continue its so-called “program access rule," passed by statute in 1992, that are intended to prevent cable companies from withholding the most desirable channels, particularly sports channels, from rivals. ...

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Invested in Entertainment

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2010

New York Stock Exchange bell takes celebrity turn. Corporate meets entertainment at the opening and closing of each trading day. What better place to bring KISS and Dr Pepper together?

KISS guitarist Paul Stanley fluffed his thick, shaggy hair as bassist Gene Simmons fidgeted in the background, their eyes looped in black makeup, faces painted chalky white. As the seconds counted down to 4 p.m., Stanley leaned on the green button in front of him.

“Clang, clang, clang!" went ...

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Apple: Free iPad with Every Replacement Battery

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2010

In a support document, Apple tells us that when you eventually send your iPad in to have its battery replaced, Apple will just send you a new iPad instead. The Battery Replacement Service will cost $100. Ever since Apple ditched the floppy-drive with the original iMac, people have kicked up a fuss about each new hardware “omission", calling it a “deal- breaker" (as in “No built- in dial-up modem? Sorry Apple. That's a deal-breaker.") The latest has been the steady ...

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March 15, 1985: Dot-Com Revolution Starts with a Whimper

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2010

1985: Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company, registers symbolics.com, the internet's first domain name.

The market for these unique addresses would not heat up for years, but this click heard 'round the world would eventually provide just about anyone a place in cyberspace to call their own. Owning your own domain is nothing to brag about anymore, while trying to get one that resembles your name or something personally meaningful has become an exercise in futility. But a quarter of a ...

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Guitarist/Vocalist John Pizzarelli Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2010

John Pizzarelli is a man of many talents. Singer, guitarist, bandleader and arranger, depending on the circumstances Pizzarelli can step into any or all of these roles and perform at the highest level. Coming from one of the most successful families in jazz, his brother [Martin Pizzarelli] being an accomplished bassist and father the legendary seven-string guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, the New York-based guitarist has built a devoted fan base, inside and outside of the jazz world, that has made him ...

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