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News: Festival

Zimbabwe: Hugh Masekela to Thrill Jazz Lovers

February 25, 2010

Harare -- South African jazz crooner Hugh Masekela leads the list of performers at the Harare Jazz Festival scheduled for Harare Sports Club on April 17. Masekela is a trumpet player and arranger best known for the 1968 jazzy instrumental hit Grazing in the Grass. His other popular hits locally include Mandela (Bring Him Back Home) ...

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News: Interview

Latin Jazz Mainstay Portrays Cuba Orchestrally

February 25, 2010

Rebeca Maulen loves to mix it up musically. A sterling San Francisco pianist and composer who's been a central figure on the Latin jazz scene since the 1980s, Maulen writes music that merges sacred and secular Afro-Cuban sounds with flamenco, jazz harmony and French Impressionism. All those elements come together in “Suite Afro-Cubano," a four-movement work ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "Samo Salamon - Live!" CD Giveaway Contest

February 24, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Samo Salamon - Live!“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 26th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Samo Salamon at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Samo Salamon and Live! ...

News: Radio

Jazzilosophy Special on 1.FM - Adore Vocal Jazz

February 25, 2010

Jazzilosophy Adore Jazz on 1.FM proudly presents Jazzilosophy. Words of music. Words on music. Listen. wonder. think. Enjoy. smile. Spoken words on music, jazz and and life accompanied by a lot of specially selected music demonstrating these thoughts. Jazz is ...

News: Technology

Yahoo Strikes Content-Sharing Partnership with Twitter

February 25, 2010

In a battle to woo back Web surfers who are spending more time on social networking sites, Internet portal Yahoo has clinched a deal with Twitter to share content across both properties. Yahoo reached a similar agreement with Facebook in December, expanding the partnership to make it easier for users to share Facebook status updates and ...

News: Technology

Apple is a Mobile Device Company

February 25, 2010

Here are some snippets from Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook's keynote at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. On mobile: Apple is a mobile device company. That transition began in 1991. Even the Macintosh business has become mostly mobile. The vast majority of Apple's revenue comes from ...

News: Performance / Tour

Tinariwen at UCLA's Royce Hall

February 25, 2010

An irresistible musical force descended on Westwood on Saturday night, and it was met with a seemingly immovable object. An eclectic, sold-out crowd of seated music fans had come to UCLA's Royce Hall for Tinariwen, the Tuareg ensemble whose unmistakable interpretation of electric blues has taken it from the harsh climate of the Southern Sahara to ...

News: Technology

Arnold Kim Celebrates 10 Years as Apple Rumor King

February 25, 2010

Arnold Kim quit his job treating kidneys to dissect the secrets of his favorite electronics company, the famously confidential Apple. Kim launched his independent blog MacRumors.com on Feb. 24, 2000 during his fourth year in medical school. His Apple enthusiasm eventually outweighed his passion for nephrology. The medicine stuff, even as much as you enjoy the ...

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News: Obituary

Lee Freeman, Strawberry Alarm Clock Guitarist Dies

February 25, 2010

Lee Freeman, 60, a member of the 1960s' band Strawberry Alarm Clock, famous for its flower-power anthem that became a No. 1 hit in 1967, died of cancer Feb. 14 at his home in the Bay Area. Freeman, who played rhythm guitar, sang and wrote lyrics, was an original member of the band, which was called ...

News: Technology

Exclusive: How Googles Algorithm Rules the Web

February 25, 2010

When it comes to finding stuff, there's Google and there's everyone else. Want to know how Google is about to change your life? Stop by the Ouagadougou conference room on a Thursday morning. It is here, at the Mountain View, California, headquarters of the worlds most powerful Internet company, that a room filled with three dozen ...