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News: Event

New Orleans French Quarter Costumed Mardi Gras 2010

February 18, 2010

Mardi Gras 2010 in New Orleans was a celebration to remember. Throngs of fun-seekers gathered in the French Quarter under as sunny skies and cool winds. The day was just what the city needed--a time to soak in the suds of the NFL World Championship Saints NFL Super Bowl victory. Mardi Gras energy trumps Mother Nature's ...

News: Recording

Sade's 'Soldier' Sets the Tally Ablaze

February 18, 2010

With it's first album of new material in a decade, Sade's “Soldier of Love" doesn't miss a beat. The set marches to the top of the U.S. tally, and has an impressive hold on the pole position. With 502,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Sade's minimalist, slow-burning soul scores the young year's top debut. Led ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lajos Dudas

February 18, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Lajos Dudas' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lajos DudasLajos Dudas was born in Budapest/Hungary and studied there at the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (1958-1963)... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Lajos Dudas

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News: Interview

Chico Hamilton: Living the Beat

February 17, 2010

By: Ryan Dembinsky Are people born with rhythm? Chico Hamilton by Todd Boebel Sitting down at the kitchen table inside 88-year-old jazz legend Chico Hamilton's midtown Manhattan apartment, chewing the fat about jazz music and his storied career as a drummer and bandleader - a ...

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News: Performance / Tour

New Release from Newport Jazz 1960 - Afternoon Blues Featuring Muddy Waters

February 17, 2010

Just released, from the Wolfgang's Vault collection of Newport Jazz 1960 - an afternoon of Blues that might have been the end for Newport Jazz. The performances recorded and digitized for your free streaming or download pleasure include several notable moments by: Langston Hughes - narrator Muddy Waters - guitar, vocals Otis ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Medeski, Martin and Wood: Evolving Beyond Labels

February 17, 2010

When we last left the experimental jazz trio Medeski, Martin and Wood, they were deep in the throes of completing the “Radiolarians" project, a year-long endeavor beginning in 2008 that involved writing and performing new songs on the road, going into the studio at the tour's end, then releasing the results and starting the process over ...

News: Event

Four Views of Midem 2010

February 17, 2010

MIDEM asked some of the participants to share their 2010 experiences on the MidemNet blog. I enjoyed the exercise of pausing to reflect on a wonderful week and each of the contributors offered their own unique and yet complimentary impression: Bruce Houghton: My MIDEM 2010 Takeaways Ted Cohen: How Was Your MIDEM? Emily White: On ...

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News: Music Industry

Ian Rogers on Artist Marketing: Do Something Small Weekly, Something Big Monthly

February 17, 2010

Ian Rogers spends is days and nights advising artists and their teams navigate the confusing and often overwhelming new music marketing landscape both as the CEO of Topspin and as the manager of Get Busy Committee. Gone are the days when an artist can release an album every two or three years and ramp ...

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News: Recording

John McLaughlin: New Album

February 17, 2010

John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension to Release To The One on April 20 John McLaughlin The new album from John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, To The One, takes on the artistic and spiritual challenges first offered by Coltrane's jazz masterpiece A Love Supreme, while making use of the pioneering musical and technical vocabulary that ...

News: Interview

Interview: John Levy (Part 2)

February 17, 2010

John Levy came late to the bass after high school in the mid-1930s. A teenage Milt Hinton agreed to teach him the basics, and John worked hard over the years that followed, practicing and playing locally in Chicago. Back in the days before bebop, the bass was the backbone of small swing groups, serving as time-keeper ...