Jazz News

Victorville Scholar Brings Order to Dyslexia

Source: All About Jazz
December 30, 2008

When Eric Atkinson was growing up in Victorville, some of his teachers told him he was stupid. “You get told something so many times in so many ways and it starts to get to you," he said. “I almost didn't graduate from high school because of this, my low self-esteem." He is not stupid. Far from it. But he is dyslexic, living with an impairment in his brain's system of translating information that can strike people of any intelligence. Atkinson ...

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Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard Dies

Source: All About Jazz
December 29, 2008

Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who played with legends such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock, died today (Dec. 29) in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Hubbard, who had suffered a heart attack on Nov. 26, was 70. Born in Indianapolis, the artist moved to New York in 1958 and quickly began playing and recording with Coleman, Coltrane and Eric Dolphy. In 1961, he released “Ready for Freddie," the first of many collaborations with saxophonist Wayne Shorter. ...

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Jazz Great Freddie Hubbard Dead at 70

Source: All About Jazz
December 29, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players, has died at age 70. Hubbard's manager, David Weiss, says the musician died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack last month. Although he had been in declining health in recent years, Hubbard continued to perform until just a few months ago. Known for both the intensity of his playing, as well as ...

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Los Angeles New Year's Eve Parties

Source: Michael Ricci
December 29, 2008

It's that time of year again. Where will you be ringing in 2009? Here are a few options (we will be updating this list right up until the 31st, so check back for updates) from large clubs to small bars. Check out our NYE dining guide if you are looking for a more gentle path to the New Year. These events below will be anything but quiet.

1. Bigfoot Lodge Atwater Village One of the first bars to ...

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Freddie Hubbard: A Jazz Icon Remembered

Source: All About Jazz
December 29, 2008

Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died Dec. 29, 2008, at the age of 70. In this story from 2001, he talks about attempting a comeback after a series of personal setbacks. Freddie Hubbard is a legendary name in jazz. In the 1960s, he was a popular and critically acclaimed trumpeter and bandleader. But by the 1980s, he had all but disappeared from the jazz scene. Now, he's attempting a comeback. Hubbard says that the low point in his career came in ...

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The Good Times Stop Rolling: Vegas Meets the Recession

Source: All About Jazz
December 29, 2008

With Las Vegas in the grips of its worst economy since the early 1980s, the snowstorm that dumped four inches on top of the desert metropolis in mid-December felt like piling on. The city's cocksure swagger is gone.

Gaming revenue in Clark County, which includes downtown Las Vegas and the Strip, is down 8.5% for the year, to $8.3 billion. But the revenue for October, the last month for which figures are available, is off an ominous 24.3% versus the ...

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How Youtube Changes the Way We Think

Source: All About Jazz
December 29, 2008

Two years ago, a YouTube member named MadV—who silently performs magic tricks while wearing a Guy Fawkes mask—put up a short, cryptic video. He held his hand up to the camera, showing what he'd written on his palm: “One World." Then he urged viewers to respond.

The video was just 41 seconds long, but it caught people's imagination. Within a few days, hundreds of YouTube users had posted videos—shot on webcams, usually in their bedrooms—displaying their own scrawled messages: “Don't ...

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WSJ: The Best Musicians Span Continents, Generations

Source: Improvised Communications
December 29, 2008

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