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Creedence Clearwater LPS Reissued on Fantasy with Bonus Tracks on Sept. 30

Source: conqueroo
July 31, 2008

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL'S FIRST SIX ALBUMS REISSUED IN EXPANDED EDITIONS ON FANTASY RECORDS SEPTEMBER 30

Digitally remastered reissues will include rare and previously unreleased bonus material with liners by noted music journalists

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The first six albums by Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductees Creedence Clearwater Revival will be reissued by Fantasy Records (a unit of Concord Music Group) on September 30, 2008 as six individual expanded-edition CDs. The albums -- Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bayou Country, ...

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Ry Cooder Keeps L.A. Sound Alive

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2008

Albums recall long-lost city of juke joints and honky-tonks LOS ANGELES - It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing “Hey Porter." A third-grader with a guitar was hooked.

Cooder knew he had to head up to “Big River" himself. Or over to Folsom Prison or down to Jackson, Miss., or anywhere else Cash ...

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Motu Debuts Ultralite-MK3 Portable Firewire Audio Interface

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2008

MOTU, Inc. has introduced the UltraLite-mk3, a portable bus-powered FireWire audio interface with on-board effects and mixing.

Features include a compact form factor with rugged lightweight alloy chassis, two XLR/TRS “combo" style mic inputs with high-quality preamps, true hi-Z guitar inputs, a total of 10 inputs and 14 outputs, 192 kHz analog I/O, a 32-bit floating point DSP for digital mixing and effects processing, front-panel LCD programming, FireWire bus-powered portability and stand-alone operation as a digital mixer/processor. “The UltraLite-mk3 offers ...

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2008: August 29-31 in Lenox, MA

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2008

Boston Symphony Orchestra Presents 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 29-31 To Take Place In Lenox, Massachusetts Featured performers include Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Eliane Elias, Nnenna Freelon, Jane Monheit, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, Donal Fox, Christian Scott, Edmar Castaneda, Joe Locke, Marian McPartland, Mulgrew Miller, Spencer Day, Aaron Parks, Kate McGarry, Jason Palmer, and Alex Brown All-Day Lawn Pass Available for Saturday and Sunday Cunard Line is the official Cruise Line of the Boston ...

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Mourning the Internet Famous: Randy Pausch

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

When the silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, thousands gathered in the streets of New York in such an excitable state that a riot broke out, injuring 100 people. It was a leading indicator that the medium and its stars held Americans in thrall. Randy Pausch's death on Friday provides an example of how we'll mourn the passing of the internet famous. Pausch gained celebrity with his exceptional and touching “Last Lecture," which he delivered after he'd been ...

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Warner Bros. Celebrates Hollywood's Jazz Age

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

The cycle of gangster movies launched by Warner Bros. in the early 1930s often included scenes in speakeasies with anonymous musicians in the background. Anatole Litvak's “Blues in the Night" (1941) and Jack Webb's “Pete Kelly's Blues" (1955), which were released this month by Warners on DVD, reversed the perspective. These are Warner gangster pictures told from the band's point of view: Idealistic white jazz players, determined to play their music despite rude audiences and mob interference, win the day ...

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Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker to Guest Host on Sirius Satellite Radio

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

WHO: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan WHAT: SIRIUS' Pure Jazz channel will welcome jazz-influenced rock pioneers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker from Steely Dan. Fagen and Becker will each co-host an hour playing classic jazz favorites. They will also share their thoughts about artists who continue to inspire them, including Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie. WHERE: Pure Jazz SIRIUS channel 72 WHEN: Saturday, August 2 at 10 pm ET and rebroadcast on Sunday, August 3 ...

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Marlon Jordan Records Live at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

3 Faces of Marlon Jordan heralds the unique talent of one of New Orleans most exceptional trumpet players, Marlon Jordan. It allows Jordan to transverse along an uncharted path; classical, jazz, and hip hop music all in a three CD compilation. Not only does 3 Faces of Marlon Jordan promise to offer Jordan's unique sonic signature, Marlon has recruited some of the best musicians that New Orleans has to offer for the jazz segment of the CD including; pianists Ellis ...

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