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Gray Skies Did Not Put a Damper on Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival

October 14, 2008

Die hard jazz fans ignored gray skies on Saturday to hear the blues. The 15th annual Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival kicked off this weekend. Gray skies and light rain didn't keep Micki Jay from the festival. “The music for me is very spiritual. I love it,” said Jay. “For true blues and jazz ...

Liveblog: Apple Macbook Event 2008

October 14, 2008

Steve Jobs Unveils MacBook Pro 10:14am: We had a really significant breakthrough that culminated in the Macbook Air.You couldn't build a product as thin, light and strong as the Air with the old way. Rather than start with a thin piece of aluminum, and then add material, we started with thick piece of aluminum and then ...

For the Love of Jazz Marks 34th Year with Reno Concert

October 14, 2008

Pat Glancy attended the first For the Love of Jazz concert in 1974. Thirty-four years later, the Carson City resident still makes the trip to Reno for the concerts. “This is one of the best investments I've ever made in my life," said Glancy, 77. Glancy was among dozens at the local organization's annual meeting and ...

Melody on NBC's Lipstick Jungle | Melody Gardot | News

October 14, 2008

B.B. King and Paul G. Allen to be Honored by Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday, October 26

October 14, 2008

14-time GRAMMY winner and Blues Legend will receive the Institute's Founder's Award; Microsoft Co-Founder will receive the 2008 Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award (Los Angeles, Calif.)--the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz announced that 14-time GRAMMY winner and blues legend B.B. King will receive the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Founder's Award and Microsoft Co-Founder and Global Philanthropist ...

American Jazz Legends Roy Haynes and Ahmad Jamal Receive Top French Music Awards

October 14, 2008

Dreyfus Jazz Artists Dominate at the Prestigious 'Les Victoires du Jazz' Awards in Paris with Wins, Nominations, and Star-Studded Performances New York, NY — Roy Haynes, Ahmad Jamal, and Geraldine Laurent each took home France's most prestigious music award at Les Victoires du Jazz, France's equivalent of the American Grammy Awards. This year's star-studded awards event, ...

Jazz Pianist Rob Mullins to Headline Denver Amphitheatre

October 14, 2008

Los Angeles CA --Jazz pianist, recording artist, and educator Rob Mullins will headline the Grand Opening of the new City Hall Event Center in Denver, CO on October 18, 2008. Mullins, a former Denver resident who released his first five albums in Colorado, will make his first appearance in Colorado in 25 years for Denver nightclub ...

Trombonist/Composer John Fedchock Interviewed at AAJ

October 14, 2008

On October 30, 31 and November 1, 2008, the University of the Arts will hold an exciting symposium and series of concerts dedicated to the memory of the great trumpeter, Clifford Brown. This interview, with trombonist/big band leader John Fedchock, is the second of two interviews conducted in advance of this event, sponsored by the University ...

"Let's Get Lost" The Lasting Allure of Chet Baker

October 13, 2008

Let's Get Lost captures the seductive power of the conflicted jazzman. Bruce Weber's 1989 film is a vivid portrait of trumpeter-vocalist Chet Baker. Early on in Let's Get Lost, Bruce Weber's 1989 documentary about Chet Baker, the jazz trumpeter is asked if he'd like a glass of wine? Yeah, he replies in that wispy ...

"Crazy," Film Inspired by the Life of Guitarist Hank Garland

October 13, 2008

Crazy, an independent feature film inspired by the tragic life and groundbreaking music of legendary 1950s-era guitarist Hank Garland, will have a limited theatrical release beginning October 17 at Regal Theatres and Carmike Theatres in Nashville and Malco Theatres in Memphis, TN. The film, which stars Waylon Payne (Walk The Line) as Garland and Ali Larter ...