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News: Recording

Would You Buy This? Sony's 'Complete Albums Collection...'

June 21, 2011

Can you really sell CDs like this anymore? Well, Sony Music's Legacy Recordings unit is testing the higher-end (and higher-aged) demo once again, this time through a product-heavy 'Complete Albums Collection' series. This is geared towards “serious music fans and enthusiasts," and revolves around discographies—on CD—plus lots of artwork and out-of-print recordings. This is another angle ...

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News: Education

Webster University Jazz Combo Camp Set for July 11 to July 15

June 21, 2011

Webster University will present a jazz combo camp for high school, college and adult students starting Monday, July 11 through Friday, July 15 on its campus in Webster Groves, 470 E. Lockwood Ave. Campers will meet daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for a curriculum that includes master classes for specific instruments; ensemble rehearsals; classes ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz St. Louis Offering Half-Price Tickets for the Jazz Crusaders Concert This Saturday

June 21, 2011

Jazz St. Louis has just announced an offer of half-price tickets to hear the Jazz Crusaders (pictured) this Saturday, June 11 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The offer applies to the tickets regularly priced at $50 and $35, but not to the “Gold Circle" tickets selling for $100. Half-price tickets can be purchased by calling ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz St. Louis Adds More performers to 2011-12 Season

June 21, 2011

Jazz St. Louis today announced several more performances by touring jazz artists that will be part of their 2011-12 season. A double bill of singer Dianne Reeves and pianist Ahmad Jamal, each appearing separately with their own group, has been booked for Sunday, November 6 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, filling the third date in ...

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News: Recording

Keyboardist/Composer Mike Prigodich Releases New CD "A Stitch in Time" from Mexican Mocha Music.

June 21, 2011

Mexican Mocha Music CD Release Date: July 26th, 2011 Over the past two years Mike Prigodich's jazz-fusion compositions have begun attracting attention from many well-known national artists. For him, becoming a cancer patient in 2008 was the big wake-up call that got him to start writing new music, construct a band, start booking gigs, and pursue ...

News: Festival

Media Day at Monterey Jazz Festival's Summer Jazz Camp, Wednesday, June 22, 10 A.M. - 1 P.M.

June 21, 2011

2011 Artist-In-Residence Saxophonist Joshua Redman Meets the Press Redman Will Conduct Master Clinic, Work with Students Performing in Ensembles Monterey Jazz Festival's Summer Jazz Camp Takes Place at Monterey Peninsula College Music Buildings 980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that “Media Day" at its Summer Jazz Camp ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #283: Taylor Haskins

June 21, 2011

Trumpeter Taylor Haskins' most recent CD is Recombination (Nineteen-Eight Records, 2011), a companion piece to American Dream (Sunnyside, 2010). In this interview, Haskins talks about the complex vision of America that led to both records; why his website features a quote from Krishnamurti on the homepage; and how his work in the world of commercial music ...

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News: Interview

Ricky Riccardi on Louis Armstrong

June 21, 2011

Ricky Riccardi's much anticipated What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years (Pantheon) is out today. Ricky is an Armstrong scholar and archivist for the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, N.Y. He also writes the blog The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. [Pictured: Ricky Riccardi] Here's a taste from Ricky's new book: ...

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News: Performance / Tour

CSN, J. Browne, B. Raitt, Doobies, Mraz, Morello: Japan Relief Concert

June 21, 2011

BENEFIT CONCERT TO SUPPORT DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN JAPAN AND NON-NUCLEAR GROUPS WORLDWIDE Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Jason Mraz, Doobie Brothers, Tom Morello, John Hall, Kitaro, Jonathan Wilson, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and special guests are coming together for a special benefit event on Sunday, August 7 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in ...

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News: Festival

Popped! Philadelphia Fest: Pretty Lights, Girl Talk, the Shins

June 21, 2011

FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL LINE-UP TO BE HELD IN PHILADELPHIA SEPTEMBER 23 AND 24 IN FDR PARK The POPPED! Music Festival is back with a vengeance this fall in Philadelphia, PA. To take place Friday, September 23, and Saturday, September 24, this is the first year the festival will be held outside on the lush grounds of ...