Jazz News

Billboards Free Send a Tune to a Soldier

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

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Fallen Marines to be Awarded Navy Cross

Source: Michael Ricci
December 31, 2008

Cpl. Jonathan Yale and Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter saved Iraqi police and fellow Marines from a truck-driving suicide bomber, Marine brass say. The April attack could have slain dozens. They had known each other only a few minutes, but they will be linked forever in what Marine brass say is one of the most extraordinary acts of courage and sacrifice in the Iraq war.

Cpl. Jonathan Yale, 21, grew up poor in rural Virginia. He had joined the Marine Corps ...

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Delaney & Bonnie

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

Earlier this week Rolling Stone reported on the passing of Delaney Bramlett, the Mississippi native who co-wrote Eric Clapton's “Let It Rain" and was credited with teaching George Harrison how to play slide guitar. Here's a look back at a classic 1969 feature on the songwriter and his then-wife and musical partner, Bonnie.

Bonnie Bramlett is the female part of a new recording act, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, and the wife of the Delaney part. She, like her husband, ...

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Freddie Hubbard, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 70

Source: Michael Ricci
December 31, 2008

Freddie Hubbard, a jazz trumpeter who dazzled audiences and critics alike with his virtuosity, his melodicism and his infectious energy, died on Monday in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 70 and lived in Sherman Oaks. The cause was complications of a heart attack he had on Nov. 26, said his spokesman, Don Lucoff of DL Media. Over a career that began in the late 1950s, Mr. Hubbard earned both critical praise and commercial success — although rarely for the same ...

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Memorial Concert for Richard M. Sudhalter: Author, Musician, Jazz Historian

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

MONDAY, JANUARY 12 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. A Memorial Concert for RICHARD M. SUDHALTER: Author, Musician, Jazz Historian St. Peter's Lutheran Church 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street New York, NY 10022 MUSICIANS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM: Howard Alden, James Chirillo, Bill Crow, Armen Donelian, Bob Dorough, Paquito D'Rivera, Jim Ferguson, Marty Grosz, Sy Johnson, Dick Katz, Bill Kirchner, Steve Kuhn, Dan Levinson, Boots Maleson, Marian McPartland, Ray Moska, ...

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Vanessa Daou & Stereo MC's Interviews

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

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Ian Anthony the Band at Uncle Mike's in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

Ian Anthony The Band will be performing at Uncle Mikes' this Saturday, January 3rd, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. The lineup will feature: Rupak Chatterjee, tenor saxophone Takeshi Otani, piano Jeffrey Garfin, drums Ian Anthony, bass Cost: $10 Uncle Mike’s is a new bar in Tribeca which opened their doors on November 1st 2007. They are located at 57 Murray Street between Church and West Broadway. Uncle Mike’s has a beautiful space, a huge ...

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Will Apple Launch a Quad-Core Macbook Pro at Macworld?

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

Some are speculating that Apple's top-of-the-line notebook could receive a significant chip upgrade at January's Macworld Expo.

When Apple refreshed its MacBook family in October, it mysteriously left out the 17-inch MacBook Pro -- Apple's high-end notebook designed for creative professionals. Incidentally, APC noticed Intel quietly added a new quad-core mobile processor to its CPU line. APC deduces that it's likely Apple stalled on upgrading the 17-inch MacBook Pro to await Intel's quad-core mobile processor, dubbed the Core 2 Extreme ...

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