Jazz News

Music Executive Ridiculed at Pirate Bay Trial

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2009

STOCKHOLM – Laughter filled The Pirate Bay trial here Wednesday when John Kennedy, the chief executive of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, testified that people would have purchased every music track they got free file sharing.

Kennedy answered an affirmative “Yes" to Pirate Bay defense attorneys when asked whether that was true. Bursting laughter could be heard from the audio room beside the courtroom where the trial's sound was being broadcast.

The sleek executive, flown from London, was clad ...

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Banana Republic Celebrates the Diverse Rhythms of City Life with New Musician-Filled Campaign "City Stories"

Source: Dan Klores Communications
February 26, 2009

Nine unique music artists share their sounds and style in national Spring/Summer ads starting February 17 Banana Republic has assembled a talented, multicultural group of music artists to celebrate the richness of city life in a new spring/summer campaign called CITY STORIES, launching nationwide Feb. 17. The campaign features nine diverse musicians, including Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles, alt rock/pop darling Liz Phair, and acclaimed pop/rock band OK Go. Styled by George Cortina and photographed by Tom Munro, the artists gathered ...

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Remembering Odetta, Who Sang of Freedom

Source: Michael Ricci
February 26, 2009

The poet Maya Angelou sat perched on a tall stool along with Pete Seeger in Riverside Church in Manhattan on Tuesday night, both mimicking and remembering the folk singer Odetta, her longtime friend, who died on Dec. 2 at 77.

“We were both tall black ladies with attitude, and most people were really scared of us,” Ms. Angelou told a crowd that filled the pews and balconies as Pete Seeger warmed up offstage. “To be in the ’50s, black and ...

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Bassist/Composer Aldemar Valentin Releases "Finding My Path"

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2009

Music by Aldemar Valentin Album Finding My Path Ricardo Pons - Baritone Sax/Flute Raul Romero - Guitar Efran Martnez - Drums Aldemar Valentin - bass guitar Compositions by Aldemar Valentin (BMI) Modern harmonies, Pan-American rhythms and improvisation. Live Recording. Recorded live at Araba Cafe Teatro in San Juan, Puerto Rico (2008) Produced by Aldemar Valentin and Raul Romero Aldemar Valentin Bassist and composer Aldemar Valentin has played with ...

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Ryan Snow Presents "Basement Music Series" with Peter Evans, Adam Caine, Jack Wright on February 27 & 28

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2009

An ongoing series at: Snow's Basement 796 Grand St. #1 Brooklyn NY 11211

Friday, February 27th

Peter Evans Solo Trumpet

Adam Caine Trio (Caine guitar, Tom Blancarte bass, John Wagner drums) Jason Nazary Solo Laptop

Saturday, February 28th

Jack Wright Trio (Wright sax, Reuben Radding bass, Andrew Drury drums)

Ben Gerstein (trombone) Mat Maneri (viola) Duo

Nick Lyons Solo Saxophone

All shows start at 9pm and have a $5 suggested donation. BYOB. ...

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No Doubt Shows Raise Doubt About Ticketmaster

Source: Michael Ricci
February 26, 2009

There’s no question that No Doubt is planning to close its reunion tour on its old Orange County turf with performances July 31 and Aug. 1 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine.

But those shows raise the question of how efficiently Ticketmaster is following through on its recent agreement with the New Jersey attorney general’s office to change the way it operates its TicketsNow.com resale operation.

On the same day that Live Nation announced that tickets would be put on ...

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Elvis Costello's 'Spectacle' Shares the Inside-the-Music Spotlight

Source: Michael Ricci
February 25, 2009

A&E / Bio's The Chris Isaak Hour is the second new hourlong music performance and interview series to show up on cable TV in recent months, coming on the heels of the Sundance Channel's Spectacle, hosted by the ever- provocative Elvis Costello.

Spectacle is really the brainchild of Elton John and his life-business partner, David Furnish, two of the show's executive producers. John also was Costello's first guest when Spectacle premiered last fall, and it was obvious from his impassioned ...

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Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Shorter Top Playboy Jazz Fest Lineup

Source: Michael Ricci
February 25, 2009

Start considering your Hollywood Bowl boxed-lunch options, L.A.'s own jazz-themed Coachella (albeit with far more hospitable weather) is coming.

Past years have generally offered a combination of performers from the genre's considerable past, pop-jazz favorites and the occasional left-field pick (Ozomatli, anyone?), and this year's lineup is no exception.

Among the can't-miss picks for this year's fest should be young bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding, a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis' “Kind of Blue" led by drummer Jimmy Cobb ...

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