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News: Performance / Tour

Mark Kramer and Joe La Barbera Tour Eight Cities in Italy with Eddie Gomez Trio

March 29, 2010

Eddie Gomez (contrabbasso); Mark Kramer (pianoforte); Joe La Barbera (batteria) will be performing at major festivals and concert halls in a tour including 8 cities in Italy in April 2010. The planners of the tour suggested this unusual edition of the Eddie Gomez Trio for performances which they describe as jazz of “great beauty, transcending all ...

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News: Technology

iPhone App to Sidestep AT&T

March 29, 2010

For a little $1 iPhone app, Line2 sure has the potential to shake up an entire industry. It can save you money. It can make calls where AT&Ts signal is weak, like indoors. It can turn an iPod Touch into a full-blown cellphone. And it can ruin the sleep of cellphone executives everywhere. Line2 gives your ...

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News: Technology

Apple Pushes Back Shipping of New iPad Pre-Orders

March 29, 2010

Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer hits U.S. shelves on Saturday, but fans who want the new touch-screen gadget shipped directly to them must wait a week. The company began taking preorders for the iPad on March 12, promising to get the device to eager buyers by its store launch date of April 3rd. Customers who placed ...

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News: Obituary

Peter Gowland Innovative Glamour Photographer

March 29, 2010

Peter Gowland, whose exuberant, sun-drenched swimsuit photos and self-designed large-format cameras helped define glamour photography for six decades, has died. He was 93. Gowland died March 17 at his Pacific Palisades home of complications from surgery for a broken hip, said his wife of 68 years, Alice. The son of actors Gibson Gowland and Sylvia Andrew, ...

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News: Obituary

Drummer-Actor Bernard 'Bunchy' Johnson Dies

March 29, 2010

Drummer and actor Bernard “Bunchy" Johnson, died of a heart attack March 21. He was 58. Johnson, a native of New Orleans, had just finished filming scenes for David Simon's new HBO series, “Treme," which was shot in his childhood neighborhood. Nicknamed “Bunchy" because of his size, Johnson's feature acting credits included “Monster's Ball," “Bad Lieutenant: ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Samo Salamon - Live!" Contest

March 29, 2010

Dariusz Jackowski, Cristina Ciobanu, Marko Kumer, Steven Molendijk and Ian McPherson, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the “Samo Salamon - Live!“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Samo Salamon's website for more releases and information. Enjoy the ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Brecker

March 29, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Michael Brecker's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Michael BreckerMichael Brecker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as ...

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News: Performance / Tour

At "Cast Party," the Mike is Open and the Party is On

March 29, 2010

By the time Liza Minnelli took the stage at Birdland, just after midnight, the party was in full swing: Michael Feinstein hugged the Broadway legend and a bubbly, upbeat crowd sang happy birthday to her. Parker Posey performed a wild, gyrating dance to “Fever," as TV and movie stars Judith Light ( “Ugly Betty") and Corbin ...

News: Radio

MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: March 29-April 4, 2010

March 28, 2010

This Monday, March 29th, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time we'll remember the late, great MICHAEL BRECKER on the day he would have turned 61 years old. You'll hear all about Michael's beginnings in his hometown of Philadelphia, his move to New York ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Trumpeter Maurice Brown's Upcoming Tour Dates: WBGO Checkout Session and Jazz Standard

March 28, 2010

"Maurice Brown is one of the most talented of his generation. He has the vision to bring a new voice, not only to his instrument, but to jazz in general."-- Terence Blanchard “Brown is one of the most exciting young trumpeters in jazz--be it New Orleans or New York. His improvisations are fresh, his chops dynamic ...