Jazz News

10th Anniversary SFJAZZ Artist Line Up

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

Randall Kline, executive artistic director of SFJAZZ, announced the complete artist line-up for the 10th anniversary SFJAZZ Spring Season. The four-month-long concert series begins March 6 and continues through June 21.

Over the last 10 years, the Spring Season has grown exponentially. This year we will present nearly 40 concerts over four months, purposefully matching each artist with the ideal venue for a high-quality listening experience. Our aim is to reflect the tighter, more culturally close-knit nature of todays world, ...

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Oscar Short Sparks Controversy

Source: Michael Ricci
December 19, 2008

The collision of entertainment, media and pop culture. If youre a documentarian, you know that while its a great honor to make the academys short-list for best documentary short, its almost impossible to get anyone in the media to write about your movie, since theyre almost totally obsessed with handicapping the ups and downs of the various actor and best picture races. But thanks to the Canadian government, in particular Albertas minister of culture, Leslie Iwerks documentary short Downstream has ...

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RIAA to Stop Suing Music Fans, Cut Them off Instead

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

After suing more than 35,000 people for illegally sharing music since 2003, the RIAA has reached agreements with several ISPs to cut off subscribers' internet connections if they ignore warnings to stop, Wired.com has confirmed. The RIAA is planning to replace its “subpoena, settle or sue" process that has been expensive for the music industry. It requires the RIAA to go through the courts in order to pressure those it suspects of sharing music without permission. Instead, RIAA agents will ...

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Ghostlight's Spring Awakening Christmas Concert on December 29th

Source: Seth Cohen PR
December 19, 2008

Ghostlight Records is pleased to announce that, due to popular demand, a second Spring Awakening Christmas Concert has been confirmed, for December 29th. The special event, a Benefit for Safe Place, follows the label’s first sold-out Spring Awakening Holiday Show, which took place on December 15th. These shows are part of Ghostlight’s Late-Night Concert Series at Joe's Pub: The Spring Awakening Christmas Concert, #2 December 29th, at 11:30pm A Benefit for SafePlace The 12/29 concert will ...

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Slacker Launches "Radio Plus" Service

Source: FortyThree PR
December 19, 2008

Slacker, Inc., today announced the availability of Slacker Radio Plus, a new value-priced offering which gives listeners access to all of the features of the free Basic Radio service, plus the ability to skip an unlimited number of songs in a commercial-free environment. “Slacker Personal Radio provides music lovers with an effortless way to hear and discover music that suits their unique tastes," said Dennis Mudd, CEO of Slacker. “Slacker Radio Plus is a great and inexpensive option for Slacker ...

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Extinction-Level Television Event

Source: Michael Ricci
December 19, 2008

IM a runt of Generation X, which means 1) Im supposed to define myself entirely through ironic references to pop culture, and 2) as a member of the last generation to come of age in an era of only three TV networks, I assume everyone will understand when I drop a quote from Scooby-Doo or The A-Team. But the generation immediately after mine has never known life without cable, and the generation after that wont know a life without streaming ...

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Release Party January 3rd for Guitarist Ron Jackson's New CD, "Flubby Dubby"

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

WHAT: Release party for Guitarist Ron Jackson's new CD, “Flubby Dubby"

WHEN: Saturday, January 3, 2009 from 7:30pm-10-30pm

WHERE: Rose live music 345 Grand Street (btwn Havemeyer/Marcy) 11211 Williamsburg, Brooklyn 718.599.0069 Featuring Ron Jackson - Guitar Greg Lewis - Hammond Organ Teodross Avery - Tenor Saxophone Bruce Williams - Alto Saxophone Gordon Lane - Drums

Produced by guitar great and mentor Melvin Sparks, Ron's ...

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Where in the World is Steve Jobs

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

Steve Jobs' absence from the public eye is prompting questions about the Apple CEO's status, management effectiveness and health.So far, the company has done little to provide substantive answers to those questions.

The mystery behind the lack of a Stevenote is leading some to speculate that Apple is getting ready to dethrone him, that Jobs has lost some of his typically ironclad control or that his health is failing. “The company can be a little more open about what's happening ...

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