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Fern Lindzon Quartet at Chalkers Pub Saturday January 10

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2009

A piano player and singer of smooth elegance, Fern is also a member of the award-winning Sisters Of Sheynville all-female Folk Roots group. Trained as a Classical pianist, she turned to Jazz and has released an album of original music. Shell be accompanied by Mike Murley, Andrew Downing and Nick Fraser.

WHO: The Fern Lindzon Quartet

WHEN: Sunday, January 11th 7-10 p.m.

WHERE: Chalkers Pub and Bistro 247 Marlee Ave. ...

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Shaynee Rainbolt Sings Russell Garcia Music at Iridium on January 14

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 8, 2009

CHARMED LIFE: THE MUSIC OF RUSSELL GARCIA featuring SHAYNEE RAINBOLT and her FOUR-TROMBONE BAND “Sensational..." --Talkin' Broadway “Exhilarating..." --LA Jazz Scene “Beautiful..." --Downbeat Encore Performance at IRIDIUM JANUARY 14 - 6:30 PM MAC Award-winning vocalist Shaynee Rainbolt has not only authentically recreated the classic era of 1950s and 60s pop/jazz albums by bringing into the studio one of the great arrangers of that era, Russell Garcia, but she also has brought to light the ...

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Meet the People Who Can Save Rock & Roll

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2009

How to Save Rock & Roll Nine insiders who are reshaping the music biz for 2009 and beyond

Ali and Hadi Partovi Founders of iLike.com

The Big Idea: Founded iLike, the top music application on Facebook, creating an interconnected universe of 30 million fans.

Why It Matters: iLike elegantly connects the world of social networking and music fandom and encourages those 140 million Facebook-ers to sample new acts and make playlists and ...

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Guitar Center's 20th annual Drum-Off grand finals

Source: Michael Ricci
January 8, 2009

Guitar Center's 20th annual Drum-Off grand finals are Saturday Armed with sticks and rhythm, these guys and gals will beat the skins within an inch of their lives.

Guitar Center Drum-Off Championship finalist Ivan Garcia delights the crowd at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, Calif. on Jan. 5, 2008.

It was like Christmas, Easter and the Fourth of July rolled into one drum kit. As soon as Thomas Pridgen saw those glorious, gleaming ...

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Gretsch's 125th Anniversary Limited Edition Progressive Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2009

125th Anniversary Celebration In 1883 Friedrich Gretsch established the Gretsch musical instrument business in a small shop in Brooklyn and a heritage was born.

Over the past 125 years, Gretsch Drums has blossomed to develop a musical legacy featuring industry innovations, a hall of fame endorsement roster and - of course - 'That Great Gretsch Sound'.

Progressive Jazz Trap Set Gretschs Progressive Jazz kit is modeled after the classic Gretsch Birdland kit from the ...

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Buddy Rich Tribute in London

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2009

September 2007 marked the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of one of the true giants of jazz: drummer and bandleader Buddy Rich. To celebrate, award-winning British drummer Pete Cater played a special one-off concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Such was the success of this event that Pete and his big band will be doing a limited number of special appearances commemorating the master drummer. The concerts will feature virtually all the best-remembered and most frequently requested items from Richs repertoire, ...

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Songs from the Heart of a Marketing Plan

Source: Michael Ricci
January 7, 2009

IN Creator, the rawest track on Santogolds debut and self-titled album, the singer Santi White boasts, Me Im a creator/Thrill is to make it up/The rules I break got me a place up on the radar. Its a bohemian manifesto in a sound bite, brash and endearing, or at least it was for me until it showed up in a beer commercial. And a hair-gel commercial too. It turns out that the insurgent, quirky rule breaker is just another shill. ...

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Stonehenge: One Totally Awesome Rave Location

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2009

Stone circles acoustics are ideal for listening to repetitive trance rhythms

Stonehenge was built as a dance arena for prehistoric “samba-style" raves, according to a study of the acoustics of the 5,000-year-old stone circle. Using cutting-edge technology, Rupert Till, an expert in acoustics and music technology at Huddersfield University in northern England, discovered that Stonehenge's megaliths reflect sound perfectly, making the stone circle an ideal setting for listening to repetitive trance rhythms. Till and colleague Bruno Fazenda first carried out ...

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