Jazz News

Pablo Aslan Tango Salon w/ Paquito D'Rivera March 26-27 8P.M., Rose Theater

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 3, 2010

Pablo Aslan: Tango Salon Featuring Pablo Aslan, Paquito D'Rivera and other guest artists March 26-27, 2010, 8p.m., Rose Theater For over two decades, bassist, composer and bandleader Pablo Aslan has melded the elegance and melancholy of classic Argentine tango with the American jazz language. Guest artist Paquito D'Rivera and a unique cast of Argentine musicians join Tango Jazz pioneer Pablo Aslan to play the intricate rhythms of the tango. Go to jalc.org for ticket information. Jazz at Lincoln Center, Frederick ...

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Randy Sandke's New Book "Where the Dark and Light Folks Meet - Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz" Has Just Been Published on Scarecrow Press

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

Randy Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. This book takes the latter course and shows how the widely accepted exclusionary view has led to decades of misunderstanding surrounding the true history and ...

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Duncan Sheik to Compose 'American Psycho' Musical

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

Drenched in equal parts blood and hit '80s pop tunes, Bret Easton Ellis' novel “American Psycho" chronicled the fissured state of mind of Patrick Bateman, a homicidal New York yuppie who harbored a taste for designer suits and blunt instruments. The 1991 novel's runaway success spawned a movie starring Christian Bale, which opened in 2000. A musical theater adaptation has been in the works for a while and now appears to be on the fast track, with Duncan Sheik signed ...

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Oran Etkin to be Featured on Putumayo Kids "Jazz Playground" CD

Source: GoMedia PR
February 3, 2010

Motema Music Recording Artist Also Wins Independent Music Award for Kelenia as “Best World Beat" CD Oran Etkin, the Israeli-born, New York-based clarinetist whose 2009 Motema Music release, Kelenia, was hailed by the New York Times as “ebullient," and by the All Music Guide as setting “a new standard for world music in the decade of the 2000's," has much to celebrate in the new year. Last week, his critically acclaimed debut recording, Kelenia, was awarded the Independent Music Award ...

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Collectors' Choice Music Bows CCM Live Label with Johnny Winter, Poco, Hut Tuna, John Denver

Source: conqueroo
February 3, 2010

CD series launches with Johnny Winter, Hot Tuna, Poco and John Denver

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Collectors' Choice Music, the label that's come to be known for compelling and often unexpected CD reissues, has announced the launch of Collectors' Choice Music Live, a new label devoted to releasing great live performances, most of which have never previously been commercially available.

The series will launch April 20 with the release of four CDs: Johnny Winter And's Live at the Fillmore East ...

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Manhattan Transfer to Perform in Boston February 17

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
February 3, 2010

The Manhattan Transfer celebrate their 40th Anniversary and the release of their new recording at the Wilbur Theatre Wednesday, February 17, 7:30 pm The Ambassadors of Harmony Grammy-winning jazz/pop vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer, widely renowned for broadening the musical landscape with their innovative, genre-defying sound, recently released: The Chick Corea Songbook Boston, MA -- HT Productions will present “An Evening With The Manhattan Transfer" celebrating their 40 years together and their new CD, The Chick Corea Songbook on Wednesday, ...

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John Pizzarelli & the Swing & to Appear in Concert in Rhode Island and Boston on Feb 27 & 28

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
February 3, 2010

John Pizzarelli and The Swing Seven celebrate the music of Duke Ellington and the release of Rockin' In Rhythm with concerts on Saturday, February 27, 8 pm at the Park Theatre in Cranston, RI Also... Sunday, February 28, 4 pm Wilbur Theatre in Boston, MA Cory Pesaturo Trio To Open Both Shows JOHN PIZZARELLI, the internationally acclaimed guitarist-vocalist - a master in the art of reinventing jazz classics - celebrates the music of Duke ...

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Facebook Co-Founder's Asana Gives a Peek at Lunascript

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

Asana, the workplace productivity startup from Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, just released a sneak peek at the new programming system underlying its product, called Lunascript. Its an in-house programming language, named after Moskovitz cat, that the company claims will cut 90 percent of the time needed to code rich web applications. Asana co-founder Justin Rosenstein explained to us when we covered Asanas $9 million round of funding that programming for the web requires a lot of rote and repetitive grunt ...

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