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Gabe Dixon Band Touring with Marc Broussard, Plus Youtube's Featured Video

Source: conqueroo
October 7, 2008

Since the release of their critically acclaimed self-titled debut, the Gabe Dixon Band have been blazing a non-stop trail from town to town converting audiences into believers on a nightly basis, showcasing what the Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls their “piano-fueled boogie-soul-rock” on tours with Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, and VH1 “Artist You Oughta Know” Justin Nozuka. In November, the band will embark on a tour of the East Coast and Midwest with soulful Atlantic recording artist Marc Broussard — promoting ...

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Oktawia's Premiere Video for "Leave My Sorrow Behind"

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2008

Young Polish jazz singer Oktawia is to release her debut album called simply “Oktawia" in Poland on October 25 2008. The album includes modern jazz arrangements of songs composed by top Polish authors- starting from Chopin, Bronislaw Kaper and finishing with Michal Urbaniak. The project has already gained much attention from Polish media, being played by all regional radio stations in the country as well as being shown on one of the main satellite TV stations- TVS. Meanwhile, Oktawia has ...

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Jazz FM Returns to DAB; CDs and Concerts to Follow

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2008

The Local Radio Company executive chairman, Richard Wheatly, has officially opened the newly relaunched Jazz FM. The station went live this evening (Monday October 6) on digital radio multiplexes in London, the north-west, the west Midlands, Glasgow and south Wales. Wheatly - the former Jazz FM chief executive who is now running the station under licence from GMG Radio - told listeners: “The return of Jazz FM is a tremendously exciting project for me personally. It was a much loved ...

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Performance: The Devil Mountain Jazz Band Play at the Lake Wildwood Cedar Room on October 9

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2008

Nine musicians strong, The Devil Mountain Jazz Band is returning to the Lake Wildwood Cedar Room on Thursday evening (October 9) as part of the 2008/2009 jazz concert series. Re-creating the New Orleans style of hot jazz popularized in the late twenties by ol' Satchmo, Hardin, and Morton, this band has played at hundreds of jazz festivals and is sure to be a LWW crowd pleaser with ragtime, blues, Dixieland standards, gospel and some special solos. Tickets are $15 at ...

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Enter the Mosaic Records "The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2008

All About Jazz readers are invited to enter the Mosaic Records The Complete Arista Recordings Of Anthony Braxton 8-CD set giveaway starting today. We'll select one lucky winner at the conclusion of the contest on November 6th. Click here to enter the contest

All contestants will join the Anthony Braxton @ AAJ fan network and the winner will be chosen from that list. Good luck! Your Friends at Mosaic Records

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Judge's Top Secret Decision Blocks Sale of DVD-Copying Software

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2008

Intellectual Property A federal judge has issued a secret, interim order blocking the sale of RealNetworks' DVD-copying software, RealDVD, two sources said Monday.

In an unusual move, the judge presiding over the MPAA's federal copyright lawsuit against RealNetworks also instructed both parties not to disclose the existence of the restraining order to the public.

U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, who previously presided over the original Napster litigation, issued the tentative decision late Friday, the sources said. As ...

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Performance: A Musical Tribute to Maynard Ferguson at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on October 17

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2008

An upcoming concert may be the liveliest tribute possible for late jazz legend Maynard Ferguson and his body of work. Ferguson, who died in 2006, was a jazz trumpet player and bandleader, with more than 50 years of work contained in the 400-piece Maynard Ferguson Music Library, which the University of North Texas acquired in August after efforts from a group of donors. “The way I like to speak of Maynard is that he was like a planet,” said drummer ...

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Performance: Ernie Watts at the Jazz Bakery in Culver City, October 7-11

Source: All About Jazz
October 6, 2008

Ernie Watts and his quartet will return to the Jazz Bakery Wednesday, October 7th trhough Saturday, October 11th. The Jazz Bakery wasthe scene of a live recording of the Ernie Watts Quartet latest CD, To The Point. The Quartet features Ernie Watts on saxophones, David Witham on piano, Brice Lett on bass, and Bob Leatherbarrow on drums. The Jazz Bakery is just South of Venice Blvd. at 3233 Helms Ave. in Culver City. There are two sets nightly, at 8:00 ...

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