Jazz News

Drawing to Determine Attendees for Michael Jackson Memorial

Source: Michael Ricci
July 4, 2009

Organizers of Michael Jackson's memorial service at Staples Center said today they will give away 17,500 tickets to the event and will randomly draw names from those who sign up online to determine who gets to attend.

The service will be live-streamed on television and on the Internet, and there will be no funeral procession, organizers said at a news conference this morning at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Organizers will draw 8,750 names, and those people will receive ...

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Lloyd's of London --AEG Overdose Clause?

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2009

A spokesperson for Lloyd's of London tells us she's never heard of a case where her company has insured someone for a drug overdose.

AEG, the company that was promoting Jackson's London concerts, claimed yesterday the policy it took out from Lloyd's did not cover death from natural causes but did cover overdoses.

Louise Shield -- the head of communications for Lloyd's of London -- tells us such a policy is “odd" and that she's never heard the company insuring ...

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Jazzelation at Greenbelt Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2009

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Allen Klein Ex-Beatles, Rolling Stones Manager Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 4, 2009

Former music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, has died.

A publicist for Klein's company, ABKCO Music & Records, says Klein died today at his New York City home of Alzheimer's disease. He was 77.

Klein became one of the most powerful figures in music world in the 1960s. Known for his tenacity in tracking down royalties and getting better record deals, he garnered ...

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Six Figure Day! AAJ Reaches Record High for Single Day Traffic: 102,570 Visitors

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2009

Philadelphia, PA - All About Jazz (allaboutjazz.com) reached a record high traffic day on Wednesday, July 1st reaching 102,570 visitors.

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"Charlie O's is the Best Jazz Club in L.A." -Clint Eastwood

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2009

JULY JAZZ at CHARLIE O's Charlie O's is the coolest place to be for the hottest jazz this July.

We celebrate our own John Heard’s birthday with a big celebration on the 3rd, a birthday party for Slyde Hyde on the 5th, a birthday celebration for Ron Jones on the 12th with his 22 piece Jazz Orchestra Influence and special guest Seth MacFarland, a birthday party for Plas Johnson on the 25th, a CD Release Party for Jon ...

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Lyudmila Zykina Soviet Union’S Best-Loved Folk Singers, Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 3, 2009

Lyudmila Zykina, who rose to stardom from the factory floor to become one of the Soviet Union’s best-loved folk singers, died Wednesday in Moscow. She was 80.

Her doctor, Vladimir Konstantinov, told the Itar-Tass news agency that she had died in hospital on Wednesday morning. A statement on 1tv.ru, the Web site of Channel One television in Russia, said she had had a heart attack a few days before her death.

Born in Moscow in 1929 into a family ...

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Cheb Mami Algerian Singer Sentenced to Jail in France

Source: Michael Ricci
July 3, 2009

A French court on Friday sentenced the Algerian singer Cheb Mami, above, to five years in jail for abducting a former lover and trying to force her to have an abortion

Cheb Mami, 42, whose real name is Mohammed Khelifati, is one of the biggest stars of rai music, an Algerian pop style, and has recorded with Sting.

Prosecutors at the court in Bobigny, near Paris, said he was one of a group of men who in 2005 abducted, drugged ...

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