Jazz News

Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

Without Woody Guthrie, there would be no Pete Seeger and no Dylan, Donovan or Byrds.

There would be no “This Land is Your Land," “If I Had a Hammer," “Turn, Turn, Turn," and no Dust Bowl Ballads. The trajectory of American folk music would be forever thrown off its established vector. The poor, oppressed and otherwise dispossessed would be without an acoustic champion. Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma in 1912, and spent the rest of his life fighting the ...

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Jazzing It up in India

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

Miles Davis fan's and Jazz enthusiasts can look forward to some unusual fusion music. India's foremost musicians have compiled an album titled Miles From India, a cross-cultural celebration of the music of Miles Davis who is considered one of the most important figures in jazz history. He was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer and was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. “Miles experimented with all kinds of music from acid jazz, street ...

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The 20th Edition of Earshot Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

Seattle's 20th annual Earshot Jazz Festival presents more than 50 one-of-a-kind events in concert halls, clubs, and community centers all around the city beginning October 17th and continuing through November 8th. Known for “adventurous, spot-on programming" (Jazz Times) and praised as “one of the best festivals in America" (Seattle Times) the Earshot Jazz Festival brings important artists from around the world into creative collaboration with area audiences and Seattle's finest jazz musicians. Some of the highlights planned for this 20th ...

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Music in Hickory Corners and Kalamazoo

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

What's happening Sunday in Kalamazoo: Jazz, Blues and Sacred Music

Jazz in the Garden is being held in the garden of the W.K. Kellogg Manor House, 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners. The concert features the Gull Lake Jazz Orchestra. The concert is free. One-hour tours of the manor also are being offered. The cost is $5, or $4 for seniors and students ages 6 to 18 years. 671-2416. 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, concert; 10 a.m. to 5 ...

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Sten Hostfalt with Calmer @ Galapagos Art Space NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

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Pianist George Kahn Wins Temecula Valley Jazz Festival

Source: Imaginary Friends
July 19, 2008

JAZZ PIANIST GEORGE KAHN WINS THE TEMECULA VALLEY JAZZ FESTIVAL-- #38 WITH A BULLET ON THE JAZZ WEEK CHART WITH “COVER UP!" July 12, at the Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival, George Kahn had the honor of WINNING THE 2008 CHUCK NILES BEBOP AWARD. This award, in its fourth year, is given by the Niles family in honor of Chuck Niles, the voice of jazz in Los Angeles for over 50 years. The award is handed out each year to ...

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Miles Davis Concerts Online

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

Wolfgang's Vault, where live music lives, has available for free streaming five great concerts from 1970 and 1971. 1970 CBS Records Convention features Directions, Bitches Brew, The Mask and Spanish Key. Also available: 1970 :: Tanglewood 1971 :: Fillmore West 1970 :: Fillmore East 1970 :: Fillmore East Wolfgang's Vault is the online destination for live music and the world's largest collection of live concert recordings and vintage music memorabilia. What began ...

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Universal Says DMCA Takedown Notices Can Ignore "Fair Use"

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

Intellectual Property

SAN JOSE, California -- Universal Music told a federal judge here Friday that takedown notices requiring online video-sharing sites to automatically remove content need not consider whether videos are protected by the “fair use" doctrine.

The doctrine permits limited use of copyright materials without the owner's permission. The music company made the argument Friday as part of a lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania woman whose 29-second video of her toddler dancing to Prince's “Let's Go Crazy" was removed ...

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