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Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month is Official
APRIL IS D'JAM-DALLAS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH Area Destinations to Showcase Texas Jazz Legends and Contemporary Artists Dallas-Fort Worth, TX: It's official. To celebrate the annual Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), the whole month of April has been declared “Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month" (D'JAM), as proclaimed by Dallas Mayor Michael Rawlings as ...
Anthony Braxton's Tri-Centric Foundation Launches Its Website Version 2.0
New York, NY: At 2pm on March 1st, Anthony Braxton's Tri-Centric Foundation launched the new and improved version of the organization's website. Members of the press are invited to set-up press accounts to explore the site; because of the relaunch those that had accounts on the old website will need to set up new ones, contact ...
Jazz Musicians to Protest at Six Top NYC Jazz Clubs Tonight!
“Justice for Jazz Artists" asks profitable jazz clubs to contribute to musician pensions; Launches new ad campaign, social media program and website: justiceforjazzartists.org NEW YORK, NY: The top jazz artists in the world live and work in New York City—yet many older jazz musicians are forced to retire in poverty. Even those musicians who play in ...
WBAI Broadcast Underlies Need for Pension Benefits for Jazz Artists: J4JA! Takes to the Airwaves
On Monday, December 26th, jazz vocalist Keisha St. Joan and Local 802 Recording Vice President John O'Connor appeared on the NYC radio program Building Bridges Radio: Your Community & Labor Report, produced and Hosted by Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash over WBAI,99.5FM. In the segment, St. Joan, as always, is particularly eloquent regarding the injustices suffered ...
Celebrate Jazz Day On April 13th and Expand the Cultural and Economic Impact in Your Community!
The US Conference of Mayors designated the first ever Jazz Day on April 9, 2010 as a focused day to celebrate during Jazz Appreciation Month (April). Since then, concerts, educational outreach events and jazz advocacy activities in communities all across the Nation have been inspired by Jazz Day. April 13, 2012 is this year's designated Jazz ...
What Did Black out Protesting SOPA Just Achieve?
COMMENTARY: With everyone and their mother decrying the passing of the SOPA bill, the White House eventually made its presence heard and also spoke out against it. In an age of quickly accessible information sharing, the Wikipedias and Googles of the world were quick to denounce any moves to restrict the freedom of this information. The ...
Trent Reznor, OK Go, MGMT, Zoe Keating, Neil Gaiman, Others Join Anti-SOPA Fight
(UPDATED) Adding their voices to a rising anti-SOPA tide, a group of prominent musicians, actors, and authors including Trent Reznor, OK Go, MGMT, Zoe Keating and Neil Gaiman have signed an open letter to the US Congress. An open letter to Washington from Artists and Creators We, the undersigned, are musicians, actors, directors, authors, and producers. ...
Does A2im Really Represent the Indie Music Community? Sopa Support Continues...
If this industry is consistent about anything, it's that it consistently disagrees about almost everything. Which introduces a tough challenge for the American Association of Independent Music, which represents the interests of about 350 independent labels. A2IM has been a strong supporter of SOPA and similar anti-piracy bills from the start, and has marched alongside the ...
Six U.S. Lawmakers Abandon Anti-Piracy Bills as Google Protests
Six U.S. lawmakers dropped their support for Hollywood-backed anti-piracy legislation as Google Inc., Wikipedia and other websites protest the measures. Co-sponsors who say they can no longer support their own legislation include Senators Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, and Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat. Republican Representatives Ben Quayle of Arizona, Lee ...
Stop American Censorship! About PIPA and SOPA.
Congress is about to pass internet censorship, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill—PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House—to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity. Find out about threats to our basic rights at Stop American Censorship and Fight For The Future. ...
