Jazz News

Barbershop Harmony's Youth Movement

Source: Michael Ricci
July 2, 2009

Mention barbershop quartets and youre bound to conjure images of men in striped vests and bowlers belting in unison about their high-school sweethearts who are invariably named Adelaide or Rose.

Old stereotypes die hard but even the most stubborn of them fade away eventually. In fact, if you look hard enough, you can make out a smattering of young, smooth-faced barbershoppers in designer threads taking their place among the crowd of silver-haired crooners.

Though it is one of the most ...

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Open the Gate and Flood the Valley CD Release & Concert

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2009

Joe Albano's first album as a leader, Open the Gate and Flood the Valley is set to release on July 5th, 2009!!!

You can check out Joe's music at www.albanothemadman.com. The concert will be featuring a cast of stellar musicians including:

Joe Albano - Reeds Steve Ruel - Reeds Aki Ishiguro - Guitar Jim Robertson - Bass Tyshawn Sorey - Drums

The Concert will take place at Solo, 1502 Cortelyou Rd. Brooklyn, ...

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Oran Etkin Featured as windowsmedia.com Emerging Artist

Source: GoMedia PR
July 2, 2009

Clarinetist and saxophonist Oran Etkin, whose debut CD, Kelenia, has been earning rave reviews from the likes of the New York Times, the Village Voice and the Boston Globe, has been selected as an Emerging Artist on Windowsmedia.com.

Windowsmedia.com is the digital media web resource available from the popular Windows Media Player, and features games, and video fun, as well as hot news from the entertainment industry.

As a Windowsmedia.com Emerging Artist, Oran joins the ranks of such up and ...

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Erika Stucky Interview

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2009

Erika Stucky interview is part of the book project “Under your skin".

Interviews to include: Korn, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Zap Mama, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Les Nubians, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, Bob James, Marilyn Crispell, Bill Frisell, Billy Bang, Michael Ricci / Allaboutjazz.com, Val-Inc, Lonnie Liston Smith, Roy Nathanson, J Mascis/Dinosaur Jr, Lydia Lunch, Zakarya, Elliot Sharp, Esperanza Spalding, Lee “Scratch" Perry, Sam Rivers, Kronos Quartet and many others.

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Frank Kimbrough Trio with Paul Motian and Jay Anderson

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2009

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Music Royalties Group is Moving Jobs out of New York

Source: Michael Ricci
July 2, 2009

The entity that collects royalties almost every time somebody plays a Michael Jackson tune is exporting about 32 jobs to Nashville as it prepares to move from Midtown to the 7 World Trade Center office tower.

The organization, Broadcast Music Inc., which collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers, including Mr. Jackson, who died last Thursday at age 50, has gradually shifted the bulk of its jobs to Music Row in Nashville from West 57th Street ...

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Somi: Live at Joe's Pub in New York City!

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2009

Fast rising East African vocalist Somi will perform at Joe's Pub in New York City on July 9th, 2009 at 7:30PM.

Originally from Rwanda and Uganda, Somi has made West Harlem her home over the past five years. Her critically acclaimed album Red Soil In My Eyes (Harmonia Mundi, 2007) maintained a spot in the top 10 world music charts for several weeks after its release while she performed to audiences across four continents. She has since worked with or ...

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Judge Overrules Jury Acquits Lori Drew in Myspace Cyberbullying Case

Source: Michael Ricci
July 2, 2009

A federal judge tentatively decided today to dismiss the case against a Missouri woman who had been convicted of computer fraud stemming from an Internet hoax that prompted a teenage girl to commit suicide.

Lori Drew of Darden Prairie, Mo., was convicted in November of three misdemeanor counts of illegally accessing a protected computer.

The decision by U.S. District Judge George H. Wu will not become final until his written ruling is filed, probably next week. Wu said he was ...

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