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News: Performance / Tour

Lotus | 02.21 and 02.22 | Chicago

March 3, 2010

Word by: Avant “Bret" Chikado | Images by: Chad Smith Lotus :: 02.21.10 & 02.22.10 :: Schubas Tavern :: Chicago, IL Lotus :: 02.22 :: Chicago The last four times Lotus has come to Chicago they've played to sold out crowds at the Park ...

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News: Recording

Barney Kessel: Soaring

March 3, 2010

I love the sound of a jazz guitar. But what I enjoy most aren't the melody lines, although who can deny the joy of a great guitar solo. Instead, I'm a nut for the sound of swinging guitar chords and harmonic voicings. The thicker and meatier the chords played the better, and the more of them ...

News: Music Industry

Los Andes Big Band Survives Chile Earthquake

March 3, 2010

I just heard back from a close friend in Chile and thought this would be a good place to pass along word of the Chilean jazz community in the wake of the mega-earthquake that hit the country over the weekend. Santiago Cerda Contreras (pictured) is a jazz composer, arranger and director of Los Andes Big Band, ...

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News: Festival

Splendid and Diverse Offerings and Venues with Care

March 3, 2010

Impresario George Wein hasn't lost his touch. In fact, a year off from producing a full blown jazz festival in the Big Apple, seems to have enhanced that touch. Wein's New Festival Productions, LLC organization and his new corporate benefactor, CareFusion, have rolled out the details for the CareFusion Jazz Festival, which runs ...

News: Recording

Chris Kelsey - Not Cool (Tzazz Krytyk)

March 3, 2010

As playfully glib as ever, saxophonist Chris Kelsey couches his latest effort in an oppositional framework certain to arch a few eyebrows and maybe even roll a few eyes. His commentary to the disc commences with a caveat clarifying that his decision to sight Paul Desmond in his crosshairs isn't strictly motivated by disdain. Sure, he ...

News: Technology

Apple Fires at HTC but the Target is Google

March 3, 2010

Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against HTC, alleging that the Taiwanese smartphone maker has violated several patents related to the iPhone hardware and interface. But the salvo is as much a shot across the bow of Google, Apples increasingly competitive rival. We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can ...

News: Technology

Google Secures Patent to Use Location Data in Ads

March 3, 2010

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Google a patent that will allow the company to use location information in advertisements. Google's patent could have far-reaching effects on both Web-based and mobile advertising efforts. “The usefulness, and consequently the performance, of advertisements are improved by allowing businesses to better target their ads to a responsive ...

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News: Technology

Creditors Set to Gain Panavision

March 3, 2010

Ronald O. Perelman is handing over Panavision Inc., the debt-laden camera rental company that is suffering from a steep downturn in movie and TV production, to its creditors. Perelman's holding company, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., has reached an agreement in principle with a group of creditors -- including Cerberus Capital Management, the former owner of ...

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News: Obituary

Bobby Espinosa Keyboardist for '70s Latin Soul Band El Chicano Dies

March 3, 2010

Bobby Espinosa, played keyboard for El Chicano. The East L.A. band had top-40 hits in the 1970s with “Viva Tirado" and “Tell Her She's Lovely." “El Chicano hit a groove that defined 'Latin soul' on the West Coast," said guitarist and producer Ry Cooder. Bobby Espinosa, a keyboard player who helped create the confluence of jazz, ...

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News: Recording

Esa Pietila Improvised Solo Saxohone CD "Karhea" Released

March 3, 2010

Solo concerts / New “FOUR STREAMS" Quartet Esa Pietilas fully improvised solo saxophone CD “KARHEA" has been released on march 26. 2009. “At the Solo concerts, the virtuosity of his technique and the tonal colours he creates in multitude textures belong into to the elite of saxophone expression. His capabilities to let the saxophone ring from ...