Jazz News

Charlie Haden: Family & Friends

Source: Shore Fire Media
July 9, 2008

Jazz legend Charlie Haden returns to his roots for his latest album, Ocean of Diamonds. He changed the shape of jazz playing with the original Ornette Coleman Quartet in the late 1950s, and went on to record some of the most seminal albums in music with artists like John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, and Pat Metheny, as well as his own provocative Liberation Music Orchestra and noir-tinged Quartet West, garnering over 15 Grammy nominations, four Grammys, and accolades worldwide. Haden began ...

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Monterey County High School All-Star Band & Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble Perform in Salinas, July 20, 2008

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
July 9, 2008

Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County High School All-Star Band & Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble Perform At National Steinbeck Center In Salinas, July 20, 2008 Steinbeck Center Concert Kicks Off All-Star Band's 20th Anniversary Tour Of Japan, July 22 - August 4 All-Star Band Performs In Los Gatos At Jazz On The Plazz, August 13 July 7, 2008; Monterey, CA; On Sunday, July 20, the Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County High School All-Star Band and High School Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Offers Jazz Party of the Year with Private, VIP Hospitality Chalet Packages

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
July 9, 2008

Monterey Jazz Festival Offers Jazz Party Of The Year With Private, VIP Hospitality Chalet Packages Fully Furnished Chalet, Food & Beverage, 8 Stages of Nonstop Jazz Included At 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 19 - 21, 2008 July 8, 2008; Monterey, CA; Launching its inaugural event in 1958 with a legendary weekend-long celebration, the Monterey Jazz Festival has always been seen as a 3-day jazz party. At this year's MJF, fans can ramp up the celebration significantly in their ...

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Bill Frisell and Saxophonist Daniel Bennett Play Boston on August 16

Source: Bennett Alliance
July 9, 2008

The sixth installment of the Bennett Alliance Concert Series has arrived. Bill Frisell and the Daniel Bennett Group will play a rare double bill performance at the restored Cambridge YMCA Theatre (820 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA). The show starts at 8pm and admission is just $25! Visit bennettalliance.com for advance tickets and more information.

Bill Frisell is one of the top rated jazz guitarists in the country. Bill Frisell has collaborated with Paul Motian, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, ...

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Frank Catalano Performs July 16 at NYC Jazz Standard to Celebrate CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2008

Savoy Jazz is thrilled to announce that tenor saxophonist Frank Catalano is the first artist to be signed to the label under an artist management agreement along with a multi-album contract. Frank Catalano joins the legendary independent label Savoy with an innovative management agreement under which the label will partner with the artist in every facet of his career, and will handle traditional responsibilities for production and marketing of his albums. Savoy Jazz will release his first project under the ...

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Big Daddy Corporations Watching You Watch YouTube

Source: Michael Ricci
July 9, 2008

File Under HEAVY Viacom's big daddy lawsuit aims to prove that YouTube is little more than a beehive of copyright infringement.

In the latest development, YouTube must turn over 12 terabytes of user history logs, a massive trove of demographic and behavioral data around the size of the entire printed works of the Library of Congress. You could make the case that this information is so potent that YouTube shouldn't even be storing it -- just as people ...

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Judge Kills Privacy Rights for YouTube Users

Source: Michael Ricci
July 9, 2008

Google Must Hand Over YouTube Data, Judge Rules

Raising major concerns among privacy advocates, a federal judge has ordered Google to hand over details about the viewing habits of YouTube users to media giant Viacom. The ruling came as part of a $1-billion copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Viacom in March 2007 against YouTube and its corporate parent, Google. Viacom, which runs cable networks such as MTV and Comedy Central as well as the Paramount Pictures movie studio, says it ...

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Wynton Eldar and Willie at Hollywood Bowl

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2008

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