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Recording

New MP3'S from Nick Drozdoff

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2002

Trumpeter/composer, Nick Drozdoff, has just released his first three new reocordings using Sonic Foundry's powerful program, ACID.

The titles are as follows: “Evidence of Things Not Seen" “Under A Shadow in a Secret Place" “Dr. Funkenstine's Trumpets"

Each of these features just ACID and trumpets (all of the recording and performing being done by Drozdoff alone), though there are some small sequences added to “Evidence of Things Not Seen."

These three tunes will be added to Drozdoff's CD, “New Stuff ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazzmobile Returns to the Louis Armstrong House!

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2002

Technology

A Little Space Dominates Internet Charts

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2002

Number One Songs in FOUR genres concurrently on MP3.com. SEVEN songs in the Jazz Top 40 including : Number 1 in Jazz-Fusion Number 1 in Jazz-Vocal Number 1 in Jazz-Latin FOUR songs in the R&B top 40 including : Number 1 in Soul

To answer the question “Well if this band is so great, why haven't I heard of it?", this music was just released and ...

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Recording

Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker And Roy Hargrove To Release Directions In Music: Live At Massey Hall

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2002

Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2002

Radio

Legislation Against Anti-Competive Practices In Radio and Concert Promotion

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2002

Award / Grant

Omar Sosa Wins Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album Of The Year

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2002

Pianist Omar Sosa received the award for Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association for his latest CD release “Sentir" (OTA1009). Presented on June 19, 2002 at the Jazz Standard in New York by JJA president Howard Mandel, Omar's award was one of 39 categories acknowledged by the association. For complete JJA Jazz Awards winners, please visit www.jazzhouse.org.

In his review of Omar's sold-out show at the Blue Note in New York on June 24, Ben ...

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Website

More On Jazzlives.org ISP and Additional Reasons to Join

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2002

Since the launch of Jazzlives.org, the Internet service for Jazz fans, we have received a number of questions concerning the availability and reliability of our service. We figured that there were probably more of you out there with questions, so we decided to try and answer some of them for you. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact us toll free during regular business hours at 877-605-6500 or 24/7 at 800-JAZZ-LIV (800-529-9548) or via the web at ...

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