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Rick Stone Trio at the Bar Next Door

December 15, 2008

Rick Stone Trio presents an evening of originals and standards at the Bar Next Door at La Lanterna, Thursday, January 15, 2009, 8:00-11:30pm. Featuring Rick Stone (guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Tom Pollard (drums). The Bar Next Door is located at 129 MacDougal Street, New York, NY (between West 3rd and West 4th Streets). For reservations ...

Singer Al Jarreau Interviewed at AAJ

December 15, 2008

For someone for whom singing has been a part of their life since childhood and who comes from a church-going family, it's a natural thing each year to periodically croon the popular and traditional melodies of the Christmas holiday season. If that person is a professional--perhaps, one who's been singing for decades and has seven Grammys ...

The Jazz Video Guy Live at the Village Vanguard

December 15, 2008

"I finally got a chance to shoot at the Vanguard!" the Jazz Video Guy happily exclaimed. As part of his ongoing mission to keep Jazz from becoming invisible, Bret Primack has posted the latest installment of his Jazz Video Guy Blog, “Joe Lovano: In The Music," which features the saxman's new group, Us Five, live at ...

The Resurrection of Frank Zappa's Soul

December 15, 2008

Two of the iconic Southern California artist's classic compositions, Lumpy Gravy and We're Only In It for the Money, will get the grand reissue treatment. Fifteen years ago last Thursday, American iconoclast Frank Zappa died at age 52; on December 21, he would have been 68. He left an impressive body of musical work, both on ...

U.K. Musicians Claim Copyright Coup

December 15, 2008

Government to extend rights to 70 years. British musicians and record companies are celebrating a major victory after the governments culture secretary Andy Burnham recommended that the copyright term in sound recordings should be extended from 50 to 70 years. The announcement marks a complete turnaround in government thinking, as up until recently the ...

Startup Banks on Making Money from Free Broadband

December 15, 2008

For the past three years, a startup called M2Z Networks has been figuring out a way to blanket the nation with a free wireless broadband network to ensure all Americans have access to basic high-speed Internet connections. Along the way, the company has found support in powerful corners of Silicon Valley and Washington. It has attracted ...

Steinway Music System Delivers for Audiophiles Who Have It All

December 15, 2008

Music nuts lust after spatial sound: output so precise you can pinpoint each instrument's location in the recording hall. Well, the room-size Model C isn't just spatial, it's intergalactic. We dare you to listen to this integrated CD player, amplifier, and speaker symphony without jumping up to conduct. While most speakers are sealed boxes, Steinway's engineers ...

Disc Shelf: A Place to Release Albums Online

December 15, 2008

Recently a service for musicians was opened. The service is called Disc Shelf and allows musicians to upload their music and present it to their listeners in form of albums: singles, EPs, LPs, promo discs and WIPs (work in progress). Each album receives a unique URL for distribution. The whole idea of the project is to ...

Detroit's Palmer Woods Begins Seven-Month Series of on December 20-21

December 15, 2008

(Detroit, MI) - Palmer Woods, a Detroit neighborhood known for its exquisite residential architecture and design, will present a series of jazz, classical and world music in magnificent Palmer Woods homes and a dinner dance with music at the Detroit Golf Club. From December through June, internationally recognized, Detroit-based musicians will perform in the Palmer Woods ...

Guitar Maestro Carl Verheyen Finished Taping a Follow up DVD

December 15, 2008