Jazz News

Lallapalooza 360 View

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2008

Lallapalooza in the Round

Rage Against the Machine Return to Riot Atmosphere

“Save that shit for the streets!" declared Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack De La Rocha. He was reprimanding an overly aggressive crowd that forced the band to stop multiple times to restore order amidst the fans (as many as 2,000 gate crashers among them). The delays seemed to throw off the band's rhythm a bit, though they were still able to play their explosive rap-rock with surgical ...

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Sun, Surf and Jazz at the Manly International Jazz Festival 2008

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Manly Council on the Northern Beaches of Sydney will be conducting their 31th Manly International Jazz Festival over the October long weekend on the 4th, 5th, 6th of October 2008.

With a vibrant family atmosphere and a breathtaking ocean beachfront backdrop, the festival location is considered to be the best for a Jazz Festival in Australia and reputed highly in the world of Jazz.

The usual patronage for this festival is in excess of 30,000 visitors per day and there ...

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2008

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles dies He gained the force of prophecy as he revealed the heavy afflictions of Soviet Communism in some of the most powerful works of fiction and history written in the 20th century, died late Sunday in Russia, his son Yermolai said early Monday in Moscow. He said the cause was a heart condition. He was 89. He outlived by nearly 17 years the state and system he had battled through years ...

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Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art

Source: AMT Public Relations
August 4, 2008

Inaugural Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music Features Boston's Leading Musicians, Composers, and Ensembles 2008 Ditson Festival is Co-Produced by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Boston, MA--Gil Rose, Artistic Director of the 2008 Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music, today announced the Festival's programming which runs for four days from Sept. 18-Sept. 21, 2008, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Avenue, Boston. The Festival comprises eight cutting-edge concerts featuring seven world premieres, supplemented ...

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Bobby Lamb Remembers Touring With Frank Sinatra

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Composer, bandleader and trombonist Bobby Lamb remembers touring with Sinatra

It was November 3, 1970 when I got the call--asking if I was free to work with Frank Sinatra. I couldn't believe it, a chance to work with the great man on two special concerts at the Royal Festival Hall in London. “Yes, yes!" was my immediate response. I was delighted to accept, and couldn't wait to see the great man himself. Ten days later, I arrived at the rehearsal ...

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Studio Recording the Trap Set

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Recording Drums

The drum kit can be one of the most time-consuming and frustrating of instruments to record, so it's worth taking a structured approach.

The phenomenal advances in integrated drum machines and sample-based drum sources controlled by sequencers mean that few of us bother recording real drum kits any more. However, there are still a large number of drummers out there (they haven't all been caught yet!) and some people still like the sound of real drums. So this ...

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Apple a Day/ AT&T Remain Monogamous

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Apple, AT&T Extend Monogamous Relationship

Non-AT&T subscribers who want iPhones: Stop waiting for Apple to open the phone to your network, because it's not happening anytime soon.

AT&T and Apple have extended their monogamous relationship through 2009, according to a report in USA Today. On the plus side, the deal keeps iPhone costs down. On the minus side, if you're not already an AT&T customer you'll have to switch networks or hack the handset to take advantage of the ever-so-popular ...

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Loretta Lynn Writes Songs to Express Herself

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

'I'll just write whatever I'm feeling,'

NASHVILLE - Seventy-four-year-old legend Loretta Lynn, whose first single, “I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," hit the country singles chart in 1960, is as busy as ever. She still tours, writes songs and is working on not one but two albums. The first is a collection of her hits that she's rerecording with John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, while the other is a set with her sisters, Crystal Gayle ...

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