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Music Industry

From Junk Bonds to Jazz: Pi Recordings' Yulun Wang

Source: Michael Ricci
February 5, 2013

Yulun Wang thinks of himself as a guy who can solve complex problems. He did it frequently during his nearly two-decade career in investment banking. After working as a quantitative analyst at Security Pacific National Bank, he shifted to municipal bond re-financings at Dillon, Reed & Co. But once the Internet bubble burst, Wang—who was, by 2002, doing junk bonds and derivatives at UBS (UBS)—decided it was time for a change. “I had no interest in working in investment banking ...

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Radio

WBGO Is In The Mood For Love: Send Your Love Today!

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
February 5, 2013

WBGO is in the mood for love! CELEBRATE VALENTINE’S DAY WITH A LOVE LETTER TO WBGO JAZZ 88.3 NEWARK, NJ, February 4, 2013 – Valentine’s Day is coming, and WBGO Jazz 88.3 is in the mood for love. Listeners are invited to submit love letters via email to [email protected] (please write WBGO Love Letter in the subject line), online at wbgo.org/loveletter or by regular mail to: WBGO Love Letter 54 Park Place Newark, NJ 07102 WBGO ...

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Recording

Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Returns On February 26 With Whisper, His First New Album In Four Years

Source: 1888 Media
February 5, 2013

Label Debut For Shanachie Features Special Guest Bob Baldwin And Includes Soulful Renditions Of Jazz Classics By Freddie Hubbard And Dave Grusin Lead Single Is “Black Pearl” Albert Einstein once said “We all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” For multi-talented saxophonist and consummate creative spirit Marion Meadows, the allure of music was never too far. The charismatic, strikingly handsome, eloquent and debonair musician, who happens to moonlight as a brilliant digital designer/photographer, ...

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Radio

Riverwalk Jazz Whenever You Want!

Source: Don Mopsick
February 5, 2013

By Mick Carlon The only drawback to my all-time favorite radio show, Riverwalk Jazz, was that I had to wait until Saturday mornings to listen. No longer! Thanks to Stanford University’s Archive of Recorded Sound, twenty five years of this exalted show—over 350 radio shows, over 4,000 song performances—are now available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week on your computer. Bookmark this address: riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu. Presented on two channels, the music never stops. Allow me to quote from ...

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Recording

"Roads & Codes," By Ian Carey Quintet+1, To Be Released By Kabocha Records Feb. 19

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
February 5, 2013

For the last decade, Bay Area trumpeter/composer Ian Carey has been developing his singular, post-bop-inflected music with a stable quintet of formidable improvisers, documented in the CDs Sink/Swim (2005) and Contextualizin’ (2010). In recent years Carey has wanted to explore more complex writing, and move further away from head-solo-head conventions. The result is Roads & Codes, Carey’s most ambitious and fully realized recording to date, which will be released February 19 by his Kabocha Records label. Recorded in an 11-hour, ...

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TV / Film

Jazz & Blues Television Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

Source: Jazz & Blues TV
February 6, 2013

Jazz & Blues TV, the exciting, ground-breaking new “smart” platform for live music to launch in May with high-calibre artists led by Paulette McWilliams (Jazz) and more in the Blues, Soul, RnB, Gospel, and Latin genres lined up to appear. You can support our fundraising effort at Indiegogo. Torquay, United Kingdom: Some of the greatest live music in the world is soon to be available via smart devices across the globe. Jazz & Blues TV is the new “next generation ...

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Recording

New Album Michel Lambert Journal Des Episodes

Source: Lambert
February 5, 2013

MONTREAL, QC (CANADA) — On February 5, 2013, Jazz from Rant will release the latest recording by jazz composer, drummer and artist Michel Lambert, entitled Journal des Épisodes. This remarkable iconoclastic musical adventure contains 92 titles. Journal des Épisodes is a year long daily musical diary kept by Michel Lambert. Each diary entry contains a musical score for symphony orchestra and a drawing. The album cover shows one of the journal entries. Here, in this new album, the music has ...

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Recording

Randy Simon Jazz Project Releases "Nyhavn Live"

Source: Randy Simon
February 5, 2013

Nyhavn Live is a 2-CD set of new jazz tunes performed for a live audience by a stellar quintet of Upstate New York musicians. This is the fourth release by the Randy Simon Jazz Project, which features the original compositions and arrangements of Randy Simon. Nyhavn Live features a mix of upbeat Latin tunes, wistful ballads, and straight-ahead swinging jazz numbers played by an ensemble of piano, trumpet, saxophone, bass and drums. All five musicians get a chance to display ...

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