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New on JazzPianoOnline.com: Improvising over Confirmation

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2009

Tommy Flanagan spins out a dizzyingly virtuosic solo (at quite a brisk tempo, needless to say) over this classic Charlie Parker standard on his 1977 Enja trio recording “Confirmation," with George Mraz on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.

In this lesson, the tune is analyzed for harmonic content by deriving chordscales from the progression and then his solo is deconstructed into it's component parts of chord tones, scale patterns, arpeggios and approach patterns to demonstrate his use of each ...

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Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Release New CD, "Book One"

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2009

IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA RELEASE NEW CD, “BOOK ONE” DURING JAZZ FEST! Book One will be available at the New Orleans Jazz Fest Music Tent, LA Music Factory and Peaches Records. New Orleans -- Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) announced today that they are issuing a limited local release of their new CD, Book One during The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell April 24 - May 3, 2009. ...

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JazzAscona Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary: June 25 - July 5, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2009

We are excited to announce some of the first musicians and performances scheduled for JazzAscona 2009, one of the most significant jazz events in Europe:

Homage to the legendary Kansas City singer and “king of blues & rock 'n' roll Big Joe Turner by soul-jazz stars Bernard Pretty Purdie, Reuben Wilson & friends; tributes, one hundred years from their birth, to swing icons Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa; concerts devoted to legendary New Orleans guitarist and vocalist Danny Barker; numerous ...

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Chris Botti Newsweek Interview

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2009

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Joe Lovano the Man Who Improvises with the Tenor Sax

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2009

SPONTANEOUS The saxophonist Joe Lovano in a performance earlier this month at Birdland in Manhattan.

LAST October, acting on a whim, the saxophonist Joe Lovano showed up uninvited at the trumpeter Wynton Marsaliss show at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill. Horn in hand, he came ready to play and play he did, adding an unexpected and welcome note to the evening.

On May 9, Mr. Lovano, 56, will return to the Paramount. While his appearance this time ...

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Recording the 'Wolverine' Score

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2009

A look at Gregson-Williams in the studio

It's a Tuesday afternoon in late March on the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century-Fox. Harry Gregson-Williams, looking a bit haggard after having been up most of the night finishing the music of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine," stands before a 40- voice choir as they prepare to sing -- in the strange-sounding Old Icelandic language -- stanzas from an ancient Norse poem that will underscore the film's dramatic opening. “Let's try one a little ...

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William Morris and Endeavor Set to Form New Talent Agency Powerhouse

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2009

Talent agencies William Morris and Endeavor are expected to vote Monday on a merger that would create a representation powerhouse in Hollywood that would rank second only to the long-dominant Creative Artists Agency.

The combined entity, easily the most talked about hookup in town since Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, would be better positioned to survive the shrinking economics of the entertainment industry, in which fewer films and network shows are being made along with studios squeezing salaries paid to ...

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Pirate Bay Defendants Demand Retrial

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2009

Swedish judge denies conflict of interest

BERLIN A defense lawyer in Sweden's Pirate Bay copyright case has called for a retrial following reports that the judge in the case is a member of the same copyright protection organizations as several of the main entertainment industry reps.

Earlier this month Judge Tomas Norstroem convicted the four operators of the file-sharing site, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundstrom, of accessory to copyright infringement, and sentenced each to one ...

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