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News: Technology

The Apple Ipad Won't Change the World

March 28, 2010

Get a grip, folks. The product's release will be exciting, but the iPad—and other tablets like it—won't change your lives. The Apple iPad is a laptop without a keyboard. Got it? It's not some futuristic “god-like" device that will change our lives. I, like many others, believe that the time is ripe for the iPad and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ennio Morricone Tours Europe 2010

March 27, 2010

Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone, who has composed some 400 motion picture scores over a 45-year career embarks on a European tour this spring. The highly prolific composer has worked with virtually every major international director of the last half-century. Morricone has earned five Academy Award nominations for original score for Days of Heaven (1978), ...

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News: Recording

Resonance Records to Release "The Mastery of Passion" - A Rare Collection of All Star Recordings from Keyboardist Harris Simon

March 27, 2010

Heirloom Series Release Features Special Guests Michael Brecker and Claudio Roditi As a 21-year-old wunderkind, pianist-composer-arranger Harris Simon went into the studio in March of 1978 to record his first recording under his own name. Produced by George Klabin and Jeff Kaufman, New York Connection featured an all-star cast including tenor sax titan Michael Brecker, Brazilian ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Jim Hall (Part 3)

March 27, 2010

When Jim Hall left the Jimmy Giuffre Trio in 1961, he was a new guitarist. Jim's extended period with Giuffre helped him develop a new way to slur notes on the instrument's neck rather than relying solely on the pick. This blending technique would come in handy on the monumental albums he would record in the ...

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News: Music Industry

Wife of Grammy-Winning Jazz Star Grazed by Bullet

March 27, 2010

from AP: An 81-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder for trying to shoot the wife of jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri near the elevator at their New York condominium, prosecutors said. Maria Cartagena pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assault Wednesday and was being held on $25,000 bail. Iraida ...

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News: Performance / Tour

An Ear for the Music of the Adirondacks

March 27, 2010

Mike Holober, artistic director of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, has climbed 45 of the 46 so-called High Peaks in the Adirondacks. So it was only natural that when he wrote the orchestras first original work, he found inspiration in the northern high country, particularly Lake Tear of the Clouds, the Hudson Rivers source, and the nearby ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz Music Schedule (March 26 -April 2, 2010)

March 27, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates March 26th thru April 2nd, 2010...Andy's Jazz Club11 East Hubbard St.Chicago, IL 60611312.642.6805ANDY'S WEEKENDSFRIDAY & SATURDAY HEADLINERS!$10 Admission until 8:30 pm; $15 Admission after 8:30 pmMarch26 & 27 Eric Schneider Quartet / Windy ...

News: Technology

How Did I Miss This Derek Sivers Created Site?

March 27, 2010

I guess MusicThoughts has been around for awhile. But somehow I missed it; and I'm a person that loves music and loves quotes. It took a tweet of a post on The Indie Connect Social Network to click through and discover it. “If you're going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in ...

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News: Music Industry

Labels Fight for #1: Hits' Q1 Market Share Report

March 27, 2010

Record industry trade Hits Daily Double dug through the Q1 major label sales numbers and found some major shifts in the label landscape. For the first time in recent memory, Sony essentially tied Universal for #1. Also striking is how much just a few releases dominate each label's overall sales. In fact, Lady Antebellum's “Need You ...

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News: Technology

Report Shows Big Jump in Smartphone Web Usage

March 27, 2010

Mobile ad delivery platform AdMob has released a report that shows that smartphones accounted for 48% of its worldwide traffic. That's up from 35% in February '09 fueled by heavy app usage on iPhone and Android devices. Mobile internet devices experienced the strongest growth, increasing to account for 17% of traffic on AdMob's network. Although the ...