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News: Recording

The Claudia Quintet Releases 5th Album, "Royal Toast" on Cuneiform Records May 18, 2010

March 5, 2010

Composer/Drummer John Hollenbeck Continues Prolific Recording Period With Fifth Claudia Quintet Album, Royal Toast, Due May 18, 2010 on Cuneiform Records On their fifth CD, Royal Toast, The Claudia Quintet raise a glass in salute to their regal muse with a set of new music fit for a king--albeit one with more refined tastes and open ...

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News: Recording

Ira Gitler's First LP Liner Notes

March 5, 2010

At the dawn of the jazz LP era in the early 1950s, Ira Gitler worked for Prestige Records. As anyone who has owned a jazz LP knows, Ira has written the liner notes to hundreds of albums, including updates to his original notes in the CD and download eras. In short, Ira was among the first ...

News: Recording

Win Free CDs from MAXJAZZ

March 5, 2010

MAXJAZZ and AllAboutJazz.com have teamed up to give jazz fans a chance to win free CDs.The St. Louis-based independent label is sponsoring a contest in which five AAJ readers will each win free copies of four recent MAZJAZZ releases, including Jeb Patton's New Strides, Dena DeRose's Live at Jazz Standard Volume Two, Jack Wilkins' ...

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News: Recording

All-Star Collective One for All Set to Release "Incorrigible" on Jazz Legacy Productions, April 6

March 5, 2010

ALL-STAR COLLECTIVE ONE FOR ALL SET TO RELEASE INCORRIGIBLEON JAZZ LEGACY PRODUCTIONS, APRIL 6ALBUM SERVES AS LABEL DEBUT Their band name suggests the Three Musketeers of 17th century Paris -- inseparable friends who lived by the motto “one for all, all for one" -- though it's probably more accurate to think of these six kindred ...

News: Technology

Touchy Touchscreens

March 5, 2010

You're not crazy, and neither are we: The touchscreen on the Apple iPhone really is more responsive than the screens on the BlackBerry Storm, the Motorola Droid, the Nexus One and many other phones, even though all of these devices use essentially the same touch-sensing hardware. Though handset makers buy their touchscreens as components from the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Swinging on the Hudson: An Unlikely Haven for Jazz

March 5, 2010

THE Pianist Fred Hersch seemed right at home here one recent Saturday night, onstage at the Falcon, a perfectly unlikely jazz haven in this Hudson Valley hamlet. Leading a trio, he mingled standards and originals, including a graceful waltz with the appropriate title Snow Is Falling. The standing-room crowd, a few hundred strong, was lavish with ...

News: Technology

White House Cyber Czar: There Is No Cyberwar

March 5, 2010

Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama administration, has a short answer for the drumbeat of rhetoric claiming the United States is caught up in a cyberwar that it is losing. There is no cyberwar, Schmidt told Wired.com in a sit-down interview Wednesday at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. I think that ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Fiuczynski

March 5, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating David Fiuczynski's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY David FiuczynskiIconoclastic and prolific jazz-rock guitarist David ‘Fuze’ Fiuczynski, a jazz player who“doesn’t want to play just jazz”, has been hailed by the world press as an incredibly inventive guitar hero... more Website ...

News: Festival

All Good Adds: Keller Bassnectar, Garage, McCourys

March 5, 2010

14th Annual All Good Music Festival Adds: KELLER WILLIAMS, BASSNECTAR, GARAGE A TROIS, & TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS Already Confirmed Performers Include FURTHUR WIDESPEAD PANIC, UMPHREY'S MCGEE, YMSB & MORE Walther Productions has announced the following additions to the 2010 All Good Music Festival lineup. The festival will take place July 8-11 in Masontown, ...

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News: Contest

Enter the MAXJAZZ 4-CD Giveaway!

March 4, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the MAXJAZZ 4-CD giveaway contest starting today. Five winners will win all four CD's listed below at the conclusion of the contest on April 3rd. Click here to enter the contest (Following Jeb Patton at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...