Jazz News

The Godfather Trilogy Gets Face Lift Restoration

Source: Michael Ricci
July 14, 2008

'The Godfather': A restoration offer they couldn't refuse The trilogy's face-lift took a team of experts, several hundred thousand dollars and two years. Expect more color and clarity, especially in key scenes.

Fans who pick up the recently announced “The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration," due out from Paramount Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on Sept. 23, are likely to see things in the 1972 Mafia saga and its two sequels they've never noticed before. The differences could be subtle ...

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Newark OH Jazz & Ribs Festival Sticks to Basics

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

NEWARK OH Jazz & Ribs Festival Every year at 8 a.m. on the day of the Jazz & Ribs Festival, Jack “Elmo" Kashner stakes out the same spot under a tree on the north side of the courthouse, facing the gazebo.

Jazz & Ribs is sponsored by the Newark parks and recreation department and is rooted in a tradition that carries on today: love of food and music. “It's a perfect family event. This is the one thing ...

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Jazz It up in Bangalore India

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

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Newport Festivals Team with OurStage to Select Acts

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

Newport Folk Festival and JVC Jazz Festival Newport Team Up with OurStage to Select Performing Artists. Six top-ranked OurStage bands selected to play.

OurStage a music discovery destination providing professional opportunities for up-and-coming talent, has partnered with Festival Network's Newport Folk Festival and JVC Jazz Festival Newport to help identify best emerging artists for the 2008 line-ups. Six top-ranked artists from OurStage.com have been selected to play opening slots at the nationally acclaimed festivals. We were really impressed with the ...

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Aperitivo in Concert Series Teatro Manzoni, Milan, Italy

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

Aperitivo in Concerto 2008-2009 Teatro Manzoni via Manzoni, 42 Milan, Italy Monday, 15th September 2008, 9.00 PM Goran Bregovic Wedding and Funeral Band Absolute Ensemble

Forgive Me, Is This the Way to the Future? Three Letters to Three Prophets

Goran Bregovic, voice and guitar Alen Ademovic, voice and percussion Gypsy Brass Band Bokan Stankovic, trumpet Stojan Dimov, sax, ...

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Ghostlight Single for MTV Legally Blonde Winner

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 14, 2008

Ghostlight to Release Single Featuring Winner of MTV's “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods"

'So Much Better' to be Available July 22nd, Following Broadcast of Series Finale, in all MP3 Outlets Including Amazon & iTunes

Ghostlight Records continues to deliver on its promise to bring modern technology to the next generation of Broadway music fans, as it confirms the July 22nd digital release of the single 'So Much Better,' performed by the winner of MTV's “LEGALLY BLONDE ...

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Just a Memory Reissues Alvin Queen's "Jammin' Uptown"

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

Just A Memory Records reissues two adventurous and soulful albums

Alvin Queen's Jammin' Uptown Big John Patton's Soul Connection Alvin Queen's propulsive drumming has been powering the jazz establishment for fifty years, and Justin Time Records is proud to reissue two seminal titles from Queen's Nilva catalog on its acclaimed subsidiary, Just A Memory Records. Recorded in the 1980s, and never before issued on CD, these two releases showcase the drummer in starkly different, but equally energetic contexts, ...

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Inside the Culture of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

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