Jazz News

Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices -- Bittorrent Targeted

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

Comcast came clean with the Federal Communications Commission late Friday, detailing how it throttled and targeted peer-to-peer traffic -- maneuvers it has repeatedly denied.

The cable concern said (.pdf) it indeed hit “particular protocols that were generating disproportionate amounts of traffic." The peer-to-peer protocols, Comcast said, include Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack and Gnutella -- vehicles used to transport copyrighted material without the owners' permission.

On Aug. 1, when the FCC ordered it to abandon its throttling practices, Comcast denied that ...

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Motema Music Will Release "Jazz Therapy, Volume 1: Smile" in November

Source: GoMedia PR
September 20, 2008

Debut Duo Recording Featuring Roni Ben-Hur and Gene Bertoncini Will Benefit the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey Release Event: Nov. 3rd at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center This November 11th, Motema Music, the Harlem based record label that is home to Rufus Reid, Marc Cary, Lynne Arriale and Roni Ben-Hur among other top jazz talent, will release the first in their new “Jazz Therapy" series of charitable fund ...

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Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze Blend Ancient African Traditions with Contemporary

Source: GoMedia PR
September 20, 2008

It would seem that a Senegalese griot singer who plays the traditional West African 21-stringed kora would have little to discuss musically with a German-born, New York-based jazz trumpeter. But today’s cross-cultural fusions often transcend both geography and genre, and whether it was fate or design that brought together Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze, it is we who are the beneficiaries. On October 14 in the USA and Canada, ObliqSound will release the duo’s album Sira, a stunning collection of ...

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The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Irving Plaza

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

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New Age Piano Music Meets the Internet

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

If youre at all into the New Age Music scene, then the names George Winston and David Lanz are already well known. But now theres a new name on the horizon Edward Weiss. Hailing from beautiful San Diego in sunny California, this teacher, composer and published author does the seemingly impossible: Teaching anyone (and Edward stresses anyone) how to play and compose their very own New Age Style Music on the piano even if theyve never touched a musical keyboard ...

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Dave Allen Trio Tour - Spain/Turkey/UK - Sept/Oct

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

Dave Allen Trio Tour September 23rd to 28th - Spain Tour - Dave Allen Trio with Henry Cole and Masa Kamaguchi. Sept 23rd - Jimmy Glass Jazz - Valencia Sept 25th - Bilbaina Jazz - Bilbao Sept 26th - Jamboree - Barcelona Sept 27th - Sunset Jazz Club - Girona (c/Jaume Pons i Mart nº 12) Sept 28th - Jazz Clot - Barcelona Turkey - recording and concerts with Tamer Tamel group Oct 6th - Izmir Sanat Concert Hall - ...

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NY's Nial Djuliarso Quartet in San Francisco; to Jam with Eric Alexander Sept 22

Source: Rocket Words
September 19, 2008

New York band winners of 2008 International Center for the Arts at San Francisco State University Generations Jazz Project “International Competition and Fellowship for Emerging Jazz Combos” Quartet to appear with Eric Alexander and Andrew Speight at Monday night jam session at Shanghai 1930 in San Francisco, September 22, and in concert at San Francisco’s Knuth Hall, Friday afternoon, September 26. The Nial Djuliarso Quartet, winners last May of the first annual Generations Jazz Project “International Competition for Emerging Jazz ...

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8th Annual New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

The 8th Annual New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival will be held September 25-28 at indoor venues on the beachside with the exception of two.

The kick-off party will be held Thursday September 25 at the Om Bar & Chill Lounge, 392 Flagler Avenue from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $ 15, and $ 20 the day of the event. This is a non-smoking affair with cigarette and cigar smoking allowed on the back patio.

Music by the Thom Chambers ...

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