Jazz News

Harrison Ford Helps Inner City Kids Fly Like Eagles

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2008

Harrison Ford chairman of the Young Eagles encourages young middle school students soar like young eagles

Since 1992, more than 1.4 million young people in the United States and Canada have participated in Young Eagles, the largest aviation program for children in the country. The South Bay chapter, which held the Torrance event, has flown about 6,000 participants, most of them referred to the program by schools, advertising, youth groups or word of mouth. “The kids get to see someone ...

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ScrollMotion Developer Strikes E-Book Deals with Major Publishers

Source: All About Jazz
December 22, 2008

ScrollMotion, a New York mobile app developer, has concluded deals with a number of major publishing houses, and is in talks with several others, to produce newly released and best-selling e-books as applications for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Publishers now on board include Houghton Mifflin, Simon & Schuster, Random House, Hachette and Penguin Group USA.

Having these big names is a big step forward for iTunes itself in becoming an e-book shop and the iPhone in becoming a legitimate ...

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8 Signs That Apple Customers Are No Longer Special

Source: All About Jazz
December 22, 2008

Remember when Apple customers felt hip?

There was a time when a glowing Apple logo symbolized radical nonconformity. Being part of a miniature customer base was, to Mac users, like being a member of a holier-than-thou, secret society a “Cult of Mac," if you will. But when Apple's ecosystem grew beyond notebooks and desktops to phones and internet services, that era came to an end.

Apple's ubiquitous presence in pop culture, news headlines and even politics prove that it's no ...

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Handels Sacred Arias Intimate and Affirming

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2008

Christine Brewer, a leading dramatic soprano who will sing Brnnhilde in the Metropolitan Operas production of Wagners Ring this spring, does not leap to mind as a Handel interpreter. So the prospect of hearing her sing sacred arias by Handel in the final concert of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centers annual Baroque Festival was very intriguing.

Because of a family emergency, Ms. Brewer, sadly, had to withdraw from Friday nights concert, titled Baroque Collection: The Beautiful ...

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Holiday Spectacular Dinner Theater "Sleigh Bells Swing' Show Rivals Anything on Broadway

Source: Daniel Kassell - Authentic Marketing
December 22, 2008

The Edison Ballroom 228 West 47th Street (between 8th & Broadway) New York, NY 10036 212-201-7650 Reservations Required A hip Big Band show, just off Times Square, George Gee’s 22 tuxedoed musicians back the Singin' Sleigh Belles gals, a Sinatra clone singer, a sexy vocalist, a tap dancer plus gravity-defying Lindyhoppers. Famous B&W movie stars interact with Mickey Marcello’s seasonal anecdotes after a sumptuous four course dinner. The Grand Ballroom of the ...

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Universal Will Still Rock Across Asia

Source: All About Jazz
December 21, 2008

Music arm renews sales, distribution deal HONG KONG -- Universal Music has renewed its sales and distribution deal with Rock Records, one of Asia's top indie labels, and added the Chinese mainland to its geographical reach.

It extends a deal signed in 2003, which includes sales and distribution for all back catalogue, new releases and joint-venture initiatives (such as compilation albums) for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. Rock Records was founded in 1994 and is strong in the ...

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Australia' Boasts a Banquet of Music

Source: All About Jazz
December 21, 2008

Australia boasts one of the more complicated and diverse soundtracks in recent memory. But will the Academy reward what director Baz Luhrmann calls “as musically layered a world as the film is culturally layered"?

The Australia score is a patchwork quilt of David Hirschfelder's orchestral underscore, spiced with such indigenous Australian instruments as the digeridoo, wobbleboard and clapsticks; the folk music of the Northern Territories, from bush ballads to Aboriginal chants; music of the period, from “Over the Rainbow" to ...

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Joel, John Tour Tickets Selling Briskly

Source: All About Jazz
December 21, 2008

In a positive sign for the 2009 touring season, sales for the upcoming Billy Joel/Elton John co-headlining tour are “through the roof," according to Wilson Howard, president, Live Nation Music Southeast, who calls the tour “a smash."

The configuration for the upcoming tour, which begins March 2 in Jacksonville, Fla., is 360 degrees, significantly boosting capacity in the arenas. Tickets range from $49.50-$175. In addition to Jacksonville, the tour will play Tampa (March 5), Charlotte (7), Cincinnati (10), Atlanta (14), ...

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