Jazz News

R & B Singer Jill Scott Sued by Record Label

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2010

R&B superstar Jill Scott was sued this morning by her longtime record label, which is accusing the multi-platinum songstress of skipping out halfway through a six-album contract and potentially owing millions of dollars in damages. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by L.A.-based Hidden Beach Records, claims that the label and its founder, Steve McKeever, helped launch Scott's career and nurtured her into a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter but was unceremoniously dumped in October after a 10-plus year relationship. Hidden ...

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Vocal Coach to Stars Maurice Finnell Dies

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2010

Teacher, composer and vocal coach Maurice Finnell, who taught talent including Tony Bennett, Bette Midler, Tyne Daly and Warren Beatty, died Jan. 5 in New York from complications from a fall. He was 93.

Finnell was born in New Jersey, and started singing as a boy, performing the theme song for Douglas Fairbanks film “Reaching For The Moon" at the RKO Lincoln and Capital Theaters at the age of 16. He performed on radio networks in New York and Philadelphia, ...

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ISP Defeats Hollywood Copyright Claims

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2010

A leading Australian internet service provider was cleared of copyright allegations Thursday when a federal judge ruled against Hollywoods lawsuit that iiNet was responsible for infringing BitTorrent data traveling its pipes. The Australian Federal Court decision siding with the countrys third-largest ISP was a legal blow to worldwide efforts to make ISPs liable for the unlawful behavior of their customers. I find that the mere provision of access to the internet is not the means of infringement, Federal Court Justice ...

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Vicki Burns Quartet CD Release on February 5th at the Iridium

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 4, 2010

Vicki Burns Quartet CD Release Friday, February 5th 6PM The Iridium 1650 BROADWAY (CORNER OF 51ST) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Vicki Burns: Hot New Jazz Singer In Town Barry Bassis Town & Village Vicki Burns is a jazz singer who has been delighting audiences for years. A vocalist with impeccable taste, a sure sense of rhythm and a glorious tone, ...

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Jane Ira Bloom Trio at the Tea Lounge on February 6

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 4, 2010

JANE IRA BLOOM TRIO with Bobby Previte & Dean Johnson “Bloom is a jazz wizard" - George Kanzler, Hothouse Bobby Previte “can break your heart with one cymbal crash" --Steve Smith Jane Ira Bloom soprano sax & live electronics Bobby Previte drums Dean Johnson bass SAT, FEBRUARY 6, 8:00 - 10:30pm The Tea Lounge 837 Union Street Park Slope Brooklyn, NY 718-789-2762 tealoungeny.com Subway: Q to ...

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Chris Bergson Band at Jazz Standard on March 17

Source: Michael Ricci
February 4, 2010

Chris Bergson Band at the Jazz Standard on Wednesday, March 17 at 7:30 and 9:30 PM

$20 Cover (no minimum) 116 East 27th St. (between Park and Lexington Aves.) NYC Nearest Subway: 6 Train to 28th St. 212-576-2232 jazzstandard.com

Chris Bergson - guitar, vocals Jay Collins - tenor sax, backing vocals Dave Keyes - piano, B3 organ Byron Isaacs - bass Tony Leone - ...

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Complete Jazz Guitar Workshop with Tom Dempsey, Presented by New York Jazz Academy, Now Registering

Source: New York Jazz Academy Publicity
February 4, 2010

The Complete Jazz Guitar Workshop with Tom Dempsey, presented by New York Jazz Academy, is now registering interested students. This workshop is open to intermediate- advanced level guitarists who are looking to improve their skills related to playing jazz guitar. This is an 8-week workshop that will meet for two hours in each session. Topics covered in the workshop: jazz improvisation skills, scale and arpeggio knowledge, developing a jazz language through improvisation, learning jazz repertoire, improving your harmonic language, accompaniment ...

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Royalty Deadline for H.264 Extended, but It's Still Bad for the Web

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2010

As if the webs video codec issues werent complex enough, the group that controls the licensing and royalties for the H.264 video codec has announced that H.264 will remain royalty-free until the end of 2016. One the surface it sounds like a good thing at least until 2016, youre free to post H.264 videos on your web site without paying royalties to MPEG-LA, the controlling body. But after 2016, MPEG-LA could charge you whatever it wants even an Austin Powers-style ...

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