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News: Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: Fun with Chet and Paul

July 24, 2010

Someone who identifies himself on YouTube as “liveacid" went to painstaking trouble to manufacture a video of Chet Baker and Paul Desmond playing “Autumn Leaves." The music track is from Baker's 1974 album She Was Too Good To Me. It was later reissued on the compilation Chet Baker & Paul Desmond Together. From disparate sources, the ...

News: Recording

Recent Listening: These Pianists Are from Venus

July 24, 2010

The Japanese have a longstanding love affair with jazz piano. Albums by jazz pianists sell consistently well in Japan. Leading pianists from around the world perform there in concerts and clubs. Indeed, the country has produced its own crops of world-class pianists, among them Toshiko Akiyoshi, Makoto Ozone, Kei Akagi, Junko Onishi and the current phenomenon ...

News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Chris Washburne (Part 3)

July 24, 2010

Some musicians carry an innate strength that pushes their musical statements out into the world with an undeniable power. They work as hard as any other musician, and in some cases they work harder; they simply refuse to let their musical ideas be cut short in any way. Many scenarios that would find a regular musician ...

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News: Recording

Jazzwax List: 6 Tunes For 'Toons

July 24, 2010

Years ago, cartoons were wry and played a role imparting important life lessons about hard work and fairness, from Cinderella and Bugs Bunny to Little Audrey and Casper. What's more, cartoon theme songs were immensely hummable and became ingrained in the popular culture. Cartoons' widespread popularity had something to do with their showing in movie theaters ...

News: Festival

Pitchfork Music Festival | 07.16-18 | Chicago

July 24, 2010

By: Cal Roach | Images by: Chad Smith Pitchfork Music Festival :: 07.16.10-07.18.10 :: Union Park :: Chicago, IL After two years' absence, it felt good to be back at hipster central, dripping with sweat, watching Liars pummel away onstage amidst varying degrees of fashion sufferers. The feeling didn't last, though. All the subtle niceties ...

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News: Obituary

Phillip Walker R.I.P.

July 24, 2010

PHILLIP WALKER 1937-2010 From Delta Groove Music: “It is with deepest sorrow that we report on the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary blues guitarist Phillip Walker. He died of apparent heart failure at 4:30 AM, early Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. He was 73 years old. Born February 11, 1937 near Lake Charles, Louisiana, in ...

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News: Technology

Barry Diller Worries About the 'Internet Tollbooth'

July 24, 2010

IAC/InterActive Corp., opened Friday morning's session at Fortune Brainstorm Tech by warning that the principle of the open Internet was being attacked by the big telecom providers. Diller called for basic protection to ensure that anyone can publish and anyone can access whatever they'd like on the Internet. Diller said he is concerned that these companies ...

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News: Music Industry

Youtube Launches New Music Landing Page

July 24, 2010

If you don't know exactly what you are looking for, YouTube and its millions of videos can be a bit overwhelming. To help guide visitors through the clutter YouTube has launched a new music landing page (here) Their revamped music page-- part of a redesign that started with shows and movies pages--showcases the most viewed music ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Jackie Otero's Summer Reading List

July 24, 2010

Jackie Otero (@jackieotero) is a music business professor at Full Sail University, consultant, and writes an “Industry Insider“ column for alternative music publication The Comet. Here at Hypebot, we are rolling out our summer reading lists, written by some of the leading thinkers in the industry. If you happen to be in that crowd, email me ...

News: Performance / Tour

TourIntel Offers Concert Histories and Statistics

July 24, 2010

The live music industry is having a difficult summer, and when times are tough accurate information about what shows are being booked becomes powerful. Online industry trade CelebrityAccess extends its reach as the source for that information with the launch of TourIntel, a new live entertainment business intelligence service. A Decade Of Data Presented Graphically: TourIntel ...