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News: Recording

40th Anniversary of Marvin Gaye's Landmark "What's Going On" Celebrated with Super Deluxe Edition & Events

May 18, 2011

On May 21, 1971, Motown Records released an album unique to its vast, already classic catalog: a suite of protest songs, railing, albeit softly and with an undeniable groove, about the planet's woes and the pain of war. With What's Going On, Marvin Gaye forever changed the sound and subject matter of popular music, influencing and ...

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News: Recording

"Dave Digs Disney" Legacy Edition

May 17, 2011

Following jazz icon Dave Brubeck's 90th birthday on December 6, 2010, Columbia/Legacy continues the celebration with a greatly-expanded reissue of the 1957 classic Dave Digs Disney. Originally issued as a six-track album recorded in mono, Dave Digs Disney: Legacy Edition will now feature the album in both mono and stereo mixes, as well as an abundance ...

News: Recording

Late Mali Guitarist Lobi Traoré on Live Recordings

May 17, 2011

We first met the legendary African singer/guitarist Lobi Traoré in one of the many dimly lit, grimy nightclubs of Bamako in Mali. Considered one of Mali's most exciting, original, and enigmatic guitarists, he immediately made an impact. His overdriven amp, ungrounded fuzzbox pedal and the occasional blast of feedback made for a raw electric blues soundscape ...

News: Performance / Tour

Corky Hale to Make Kennedy Center Debut in 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival

May 16, 2011

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival will present “Corky Hale And Friends," featuring Corky Hale, the critically acclaimed and renowned jazz harpist, pianist and vocalist on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Terrace Theater of The John F. Kennedy Center for ...

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News: Recording

Soulive's Al Evans Unearths "Crushed Velvet"

May 12, 2011

Royal Family Records has announced the May 24 release of the long lost 1970s' motion picture soundtrack The Big One by Crushed Velvet & The Velveteers. This never-before-issued soul music gem was recently unearthed by Soulive drummer Alan Evans when a family friend in Buffalo, NY put him in touch with the movie's director Cleo McBride. ...

News: Radio

Mysticism to Metal: "Afropop" Goes to Egypt

May 12, 2011

Send Afropop Worldwide to Egypt! (It's Tax-deductible too!) More than a year before Egypt's inspiring revolution, Afropop began planning a research trip to the country as part of our ground breaking Hip Deep program series. The plan is to travel to Egypt in the summer of 2011 to gather material for four radio programs, and a ...

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News: Festival

First Mesquite Jazz Festival Scheduled July 15-17 About 80 miles North of Las Vegas

May 5, 2011

Another first will converge on Mesquite when the inaugural Mesquite Jazz Festival is presented on the grounds of the CasaBlanca Resort July 15-17. Scheduled to perform at the event will be four groups including Reynolds Brothers Rhythm Rascals of Santa Ana, Calif.; Titanic, a Los Angeles-based group; Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band of Seattle, Wash; and Sally's ...

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News: Radio

Cheltenham Jazz Festival’s Dedicated Radio Station: Jazz Town FM 87.7

April 25, 2011

The internationally renowned Cheltenham Jazz Festival is to host its own dedicated radio station with Jazz Town FM available at 87.7 FM and worldwide online at www.fromheretoear.com Broadcast live from an onsite radio station at The Cheltenham Town Hall, the one-week radio station provides exclusive live performances from Jazz Festival artists, festival news and interviews. The ...

News: TV / Film

Tribeca Drive-In Tomorrow: "When the Drum is Beating"

April 21, 2011

WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING will be featured at the Tribeca Drive-In tomorrow night where a sneak preview of the film will be shown and Haiti's beloved national band the Orchestre Septentrional give a free live concert at the World Financial Center Plaza in Battery Park City. The 20-member band Septentrional has been making music for ...

News: Festival

54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 16 - 18

April 20, 2011

The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival, three-time winner of the JazzTimes Readers poll for “World's Best Jazz Festival" takes place September 16 to September 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, home to the Festival for 54 consecutive years. Described as “a cultural colossus" by the San Jose Mercury News and “a mecca for true jazz fans" by the ...