Jazz News

Pianist/Composer Django Bates Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

July, 2008: It's been 13 years since British keyboard player and composer Django Bates released the third album in his “four seasons" series, Winter Truce (And Homes Blaze) (Winter & Winter, 1995). That album followed close behind Autumn Fire (And Green Shoots) (Winter & Winter, 1994) and Summer Fruits (And Unrest) (Winter & Winter, 1993).

It has long been Bates's intention to complete the series with a spring-themed album, and in June, 2008 he finally did so with Spring Is ...

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Time Life Releases Motown Collection

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Time Life has issued a five-volume (10 CD) collector's set featuring songs by The Temptations, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, Four Tops, Martha & The Vandella's, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, and many more. The place where hits were born, the distinct Motown sound of the '60s and '70s was undeniable, crafted from soulful melodies, soothing vocals and a hint of pop. Now, fans can own a piece of this legacy with The Motown ...

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Santa Monica Pier-Latin Jazz, Mambo and Salsa!

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Santa Monica Pier-Latin Jazz, Mambo and Salsa!

Santa Monica-Summer is finally here. That could only mean one thing. It's time once again for the most highly anticipated outdoor concert series- Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series presented by Amoeba Records on the Naked Juice Stage. Each summer the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation takes visitors on the pier on a worldwide adventure with its elective line-up of internationally known musicians.

Every Thursday, one can use their imagination to pretend that ...

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Bluegrass Music with a Chinese Accent

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Bluegrass With A Red Tint Abigail Washburn's sound is a mash-up of old-timey Americana and Chinese tradition.

Abigail Washburn is sitting on a bench in New York's Battery Park City on a recent afternoon, the Statue of Liberty standing at attention just beyond the water's edge. Tourists stop to snap photos, buy trinkets, get panhandled. Washburn is herself a fellow traveler: her touring band, the Sparrow Quartet, will play a set of free old-timey music in about an ...

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Inside iPhone 3G Users Brain

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Personal Thoughts About the iPhone 3G, Visualized Through Cloud Tag 'Wordles'

Everyone, it seems, has the iPhone 3G on the brain today, but what are people really thinking, deep within the oblongata?

We wanted to find out so we decided to use the power of the Internet to create some interesting Word Tag Clouds using Jonathan Feinberg's Wordle program, one of the best and most colorful tag apps out there.

Worldle is a program that automatically generates “word clouds" from ...

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It's Boiling Down to Cable vs. Telecom

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2008

Telecom and cable companies are fond of saying how much competition exists in their respective industries. Dissatisfied customers can always take their business elsewhere, the companies insist.

Is greater collaboration among telecom and cable companies good for consumers?

In fact, few telecom and cable companies actually compete head to head. And now, these businesses are forming unprecedented partnerships as the two industries vie for nationwide dominance over voice, video and Internet services. AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Qwest Communications ...

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Beatles Producer George Martin Honored in Los Angeles

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Beatles producer George Martin honored 82-year-old considered most successful record producer of all time

Music producer George Martin with his wife Judy Lockhart-Smith at the Annual GRAMMY Foundation “Starry Night" charity benefit honoring Martin in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES - Sir George Martin, the classically trained producer who helmed the Beatles recordings from their mop-top phase through their late musical masterworks, was honored Saturday night in Los Angeles. Martin, 82, received a career award from The Recording Academy's ...

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Billy Joel Just the Way He Is

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2008

Still no stranger, 15 years after his last album of new pop songs: Billy Joel, who will play two sold-out shows at the not-long-for-this-world Shea Stadium.

SOMEONE must sing a proper song of farewell for Shea Stadium, the nice try of a coliseum in Queens, as its dismantling draws near and a new ballpark rises just yards away. But that someone must be able to convey emotions specific to the place, emotions beyond the sadness of many lost Mets summers ...

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