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Senate Cuts Movie-Industry Tax Break from Stimulus Bill

Source: Michael Ricci
February 4, 2009

The motion picture industry's record-setting month at the box office may have cost it $246 million in tax breaks, as the Senate on Tuesday stripped a provision from the economic stimulus bill that critics derided as an unnecessary Hollywood bailout.

In denying the tax breaks on new film projects, senators cited the $1.03-billion haul from movie ticket sales in January, a 19% year-over-year increase, according to industry tracking firm Media by Numbers. “They had their best January ever," said ...

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Saxman Marion Meadows Performs During NBAAll-Star Weekend

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

Acclaimed jazz saxman Marion Meadows announced today that he will be performing during the 2009 NBA All Star Game Weekend at the Wrigley Mansion All-Star Jazz Jam at 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, February 12th at 2401 E. Telewa Trail in Phoenix, Arizona. Hosted by the Womens Funding Network and supported by Behind the Bench (the National Basketball Wives Association), Meadows will be performing at the fabulous Wrigley Mansion. Built in 1932 by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr., Wrigley Mansion ...

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Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas at Jazz Speaks at UNCW

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

Jazz Speaks at UNCW (The University of North Carolina at Wilmington), a lecture series conducted by distinguished professor and master musician Joe Chambers, continues, with its second installment, February 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., at Beckwith Hall, in The Cultural Arts Building, at UNCW. The lecture will deal with jazz as social history and will cover the jazz experience of the 1940s and 1950s up to today s scene. The lecture will also include an added attraction with a scholarly ...

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Ray Brown, Jr. Sets All-Star Charity Tribute

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

Shelly Liebowitz, President of SRI Jazz Records, has announced that Ray Brown, Jr. will headline a special concert during New Orleans’ Jazz and Heritage Festival week, on Saturday, April 25, at historic Generations Hall, a city landmark since 1821. Entitled “Friends and Family Celebrate Ella’s Birthday,” the event will take place on Ella Fitzgerald’s (Brown, Jr.’s mother) 92nd birthday. The show is being presented in association with respected non-profit organization, Active Music. It will raise money for Global Green’s “Rebuild ...

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Mike Boone Featured on B.J. Jansen's Jazz Life Radio Show

Source: JM Creative
February 4, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviewed Mike Boone on The Jazz Life radio show. The complete interview was broadcast on WPSC 88.7 FM, February 1st, 2009 during Jansen's exploration of Jazz in Philadelphia during the month of February. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to bring audiences to the next generation of jazz artists who struggle to receive airplay in the United States. The programming format of “The Jazz Life" features brand new content ...

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All About Jazz Sets Record Traffic Numbers for January 2009

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2009

Philadelphia, PA - All About Jazz (allaboutjazz.com) reached 901,075 unique visitors and generated 1,945,787 visits resulting in 9,950,148 page impressions during January 2009--record highs for each category. AAJ also topped 70,000 daily visitors for the first time on February 2, 2009 with 72,588 visits.

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Trumpeter Kelly Rossum Releases New CD - "Family"

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2009

Announcing the release of a new jazz CD by trumpeter Kelly Rossum, Family. The album features regional musicians: Bryan Nichols, Chris Bates and JT Bates. “If you are looking to see what kind of jazz music Minnesota can produce, look no further than Kelly Rossum" --Rift Magazine. About Kelly Rossum “Rossum is gifted to a philosophical level of musical understanding" --Jazz Improv Magazine. Kelly Rossum is gaining a regional reputation as a creative force in the definition of modern jazz. ...

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Buddy Holly 50th the Day Music Didn't Die

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2009

Sorry, Don McLean, but the music didnt die 50 years later, Buddy Hollys songs still alive in tunes we hear today.

Buddy Holly was the James Dean of his generation. But whereas Dean who died at 24 in a car crash in California was celebrated for his brooding screen presence, it was Hollys earnestness that defined him. At another time in history, he would have been called a nerd. The wreckage of a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza was scattered ...

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