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News: Performance / Tour

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to Host Birth of the Cool

August 15, 2008

Alton, IL, native Miles Davis helped invent the notion of “cool" with his groundbreaking album Birth of the Cool, a recording that also ushered in a whole new school of West Coast jazz. This fall the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will celebrate Davis's legacy with a series of free Saturday afternoon jazz concerts. Held in ...

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News: Music Industry

Mike Gordon: In His Own Words

August 15, 2008

By: Andy Gadiel Mike Gordon Mike Gordon is an enigmatic, ultra-creative, quirky, passionate and serious musician who constantly strives to reinvent himself and push the lines of artistic expression. Since the break-up of Phish he has hardly slowed down, performing with Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart from The Grateful Dead, Steve Kimock, Bruce Hornsby, ...

News: Festival

Madison Roots Festival | 08.02.08 | WI

August 15, 2008

Words & Images by: James Parker Madison Roots Festival :: 08.02.08 :: Alliant Energy Center Madison, WI Bike Powered Stage :: Madison Roots Festival In a year packed with festivals and endless live music on the weekends comes the 2nd annual Madison Roots Festival, a daylong event set in the heart of Madison, Wisconsin. Admittedly, ...

News: Radio

Jazz Lover Starts His Own Online Radio Station

August 14, 2008

When Tony Frank isn't working the door at The Shelter Cocktail Lounge or playing a mean trumpet at the Armitage Wine Lounge and Caf, he runs tucsonjazzradio.org, an Internet radio station dedicated to exposing local and national jazz talent to the online world. Frank, 37, has been a serious fan of jazz music since stumbling across ...

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News: TV / Film

Jackson Browne Sues McCain over 'Running on Empty' Ad

August 14, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Sen. John McCain and the Republican National Committee for using Browne's 1977 song “Running on Empty" in a television ad. “Running on Empty," which is one of Browne's signature tunes, was used in a political advertisement criticizing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama ...

News: Technology

One Man's Quest to Digitize and Publicize Rare Records

August 14, 2008

Thousands of recordings that had been largely consigned to the realm of prehistory in the digital age have gained a new life, thanks to the tireless efforts of one man. Cliff Bolling didn't realize what he was getting into when he picked up a copy of the first record he ever owned (Cliff Steward's “Aba Daba ...

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News: Event

Toronto What's On: Night & Day Weekend

August 14, 2008

Here are some of the events in Toronto this weekend. For more entertainment listings, be sure to check out our Weekday Planner, Stage, Clubs and Galleries listings. -------------------------------------------------------------- Friday August 15 Music The Folkers take part in the On The Verandah series of outdoor concerts at Benares Historic House. Fri. 7:30 p.m. (free, bring ...

News: Festival

Get Your Latino-Metal-House-Rock-Jazz Groove on in Bourgas UK

August 14, 2008

Is there anyone who is not participating in the Spirit of Burgas? The three-day music festival, running from August 15 to 17 2008, is drawing worldwide household names like Asian Dub Foundation and Cradle of Filth along with Bulgarian talent like Upsurt and Gravity Co to the first event of its kind in Bulgaria. Organisers have ...

News: Music Industry

Conducting: Next Stop the Jazz Maestro?

August 14, 2008

Duke Ellington and his orchestra... watch out for those subtle finger movements Celebs may try baton-waving coordination on TV's Maestro, but let's compare how jazz legends conduct themselves and their orchestras... As the Guardian's media columns reported yesterday, the BBC2 show Maestro (in which eight celebrities, including former Blur star Alex James, DJ/producer Goldie and TV ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jacques Loussier La Jolla Music Society SummerFest

August 14, 2008

Jacques Loussier's Two Musical Loves Bend, Blend in Unique Ways He calls himself the “grandfather of crossover music," and tomorrow, veteran French jazz pianist/composer Jacques Loussier presents his latest example, “Divertimento," at La Jolla Music Society SummerFest. “I am unable to say whether it is jazz or classical - it is simply music," says Loussier, 73, ...