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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery

March 6, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Wes Montgomery's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Wes MontgomeryBorn in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (where he also died of a heart attack in 1968), Montgomery came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy ...

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News: Event

All-Star Jazz Tribute and Benefit for Bassist Charles Fambrough

March 5, 2010

It is well known in the Philadelphia jazz community that bassist Charles Fambrough has been bravely battling some life threatening health problems. Although he has insurance, the co-pays and limitations that his insurance company have placed on his treatment options has forced his family to pay outrageous sums of money to help him. Like many American ...

News: Performance / Tour

Concert Review: Turtle Island Quartet Takes Crossover Jazz to New Level

March 5, 2010

Jazz performed by a string quartet? At first glance the two would seem mutually exclusive -- until Turtle Island Quartet showed the world how it could be done. Turtle Island Quartet, which played at BYU Thursday, has taken the concept of crossover to a new level -- infusing jazz playing with classical parameters and classical idioms ...

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News: Interview

Victor Goines Follows Jazz Wherever It Leads Him

March 5, 2010

Victor Goines, saxophonist and clarinetist, and Wynton Marsalis, composer, trumpeter and music director of the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, have known each since they attended Martinez Kindergarten in New Orleans. While Marsalis lived in Kenner and Goines lived in the city, the young musicians nevertheless kept crossing paths, drawn together in honor bands and all-state ...

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News: Obituary

Bossa Nova Pioneer Johnny Alf Dies

March 5, 2010

RIO DE JANEIRO/ A founder of Bossa Nova music has died in Brazil after fighting prostate cancer. He was 80. Pianist Johnny Alf was called the “true father of Bossa Nova" by Ruy Castro, who wrote a definitive history of the music. Alf widely influenced later stars. A statement from a hospital near Sao Paulo says ...

News: Technology

British Online Copyright Laws Draw Debates

March 5, 2010

An article published on Thursday in, The Guardian, discusses a debate taking place in the British Parliament around a new digital economy bill. One amendment in particular is stirring a lot of discussion about its impact on content online. The Guardian writes: The new proposal which was passed in the House of Lords by 165 votes ...

News: Music Industry

This Music is Sponsored by ...The Music Industry in Free Fall

March 5, 2010

With the music industry in free fall, musicians turn to corporate advertising and product placement to promote their work. In the music video for Lady Gaga's hit single “Bad Romance, the pop diva vamps across several nightmarish tableaux wearing a variety of barely there lingerie get-ups. The flashy clip caused a sensation when it debuted in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Greek Theatre, Gibson Amphitheatre Announce Upcoming Lineups

March 5, 2010

The Gibson will have several Latin music acts, including Gilberto Santa Rosa, Pepe Aguilar and Vicente Fernandez. Sugarland, the Go-Go's and Norah Jones will play the Greek. System of a Down's Serj Tankian, Spanish tenor Jose Carreras, L.A. rockers 30 Seconds to Mars, kid-friendly group the Wiggles and the MTV Movie Awards are among the highlights ...

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News: Music Industry

David Jassy gets 15 to Life for Beating and Driving over Hollywood Jazz Pianist

March 5, 2010

The sentencing of John Osnes' killer Thursday was as muted as the victim's death was shocking. There were no angry words for the man who kicked the Hollywood jazz pianist to death in a brutal act of road rage and no emotion beyond a few choked words and a hand smearing away a tear. “I don't ...

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News: Event

Lionel Loueke Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, March 5th at 4:00 P.M.

March 5, 2010

Lionel Loueke Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, March 5th at 4:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, March 5th, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with guitar sensation Lionel Loueke. Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 ...