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News: TV / Film

Devil May Care: The Bob Dorough Movie

July 28, 2010

We've written about Bob Dorough several times here before. Bob is a unique and wonderful jazz singer/songwriter, but he's best known as the musical director of Schoolhouse Rock, the cartoon vignettes set to music that taught children Grammar, Math, Science, Multiplication, History. Economics, and Environmental lessons. Bob composed such wonderful songs as “Conjunction Junction" and “Three ...

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News: Music Industry

Notes from the Net: Al Jarreau Recovering; Jazzreach Gets Funding; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

July 27, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* Starting with some recent linkage related to the St. Louis area's most famous jazz ...

News: Festival

Space is the Place - Manchester Jazz Festival Day One

July 27, 2010

Ralph Alessi with the Jim Hart Trio, Festival Pavilion, Albert Square, Manchester. Nat Birchall Quartet. Friday 23rd July 2010.Marshall Allen & James Harrar's Cinema Soloriens and the Cosmo-Drama, Band on the Wall. Friday 23rd July 2010.So it was finally here, the launch of the fifteenth Manchester Jazz Festival. The proceedings started in ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Gary Burton (Part 1)

July 27, 2010

In the 1960s, vibraphonist Gary Burton bridged three jazz gaps. In 1960 he was the link between jazz and country. In 1964 he helped link jazz and bossa nova. And in 1967, he began to link jazz and rock, becoming one of the earliest exponents of jazz-rock fusion. [Photo by Karlheinz Kluter] From his earliest recordings, ...

News: Festival

Moogfest Adds Big Boi, Jonsi, Caribou

July 27, 2010

NEW ASHEVILLE FEST ADDS THREE MORE ACTS Big Boi The full lineup announcement for MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer Robert Moog to be held in Asheville, NC during Halloween weekend, October 29-31, has been postponed to August 10th, with tickets now going on sale three days later, Friday, August ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Cars: Possible Reunion

July 27, 2010

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL The Cars Rolling Stone is reporting that legendary new wave rockers The Cars are considering reuniting for the first time in 22 years. The band recently put up a photo on their facebook fan page showing Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, David Robinson, and Greg Hawkes rehearsing in a recording studio with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Fall Tour Dates

July 27, 2010

FALL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED; I LEARNED THE HARD WAY OUT NOW ON DAPTONE RECORDS Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings Sharon Jones and The Dap- Kings are pleased to announce US tour dates this fall in support of I Learned the Hard Way, their fourth full-length on Daptone Records. The album debuted earlier this year at #15 ...

News: Recording

Grateful Dead Warner Bros. Vinyl Box

July 27, 2010

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 21 FROM GRATEFUL DEAD/RHINO; DELUXE BOX SET FEATURES FIVE WARNER BROS. RECORDS STUDIO ALBUMS Grateful Dead Between 1967 and 1970, the Grateful Dead recorded five studio albums for Warner Bros. Records that formed the psychedelic canon on which the band's live legend was built. The albums spotlighted the early core lineup of Jerry Garcia, ...

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News: Recording

Gov't Mule: Mulennium

July 27, 2010

MULENNIUM OUT AUGUST 3; '99-00 NYE SHOW FEATURES ORIGINAL MULE LINEUP, BLUES LEGEND LITTLE MILTON AND THE BLACK CROWES' AUDLEY FREED Gov't Mule December 31, 1999 ushered in a new century and millennium and called for something truly magical--and that night's Gov't Mule show at Atlanta's historic Roxy Theatre delivered it. What made this New Years ...

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News: Music Industry

Music Publishers Demanding 360 Rights from Artists

July 27, 2010

Music Publishers Copy Major Label 360 Model Music publishers were once thought of as safe havens for artists. They nurtured songwriters, introduced them to the industry and sought ways to broaden their income with covers and placements. Now, it appears that they want more--a lot more--than a piece of the act's publishing in exchange for their ...