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Privacy Watchdog Files Complaint with FTC over Google Buzz

February 16, 2010

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that Google Inc.s new social networking service Buzz violates federal consumer protection law. It is urging the FTC to open an investigation into the service because it “violated user expectations, diminished user privacy, contradicted Google's privacy policy, and may have violated ...

News: Recording

Bernstein on the Mystery Behind the Music

February 16, 2010

Imagine this: you drop onto the sofa on a Sunday afternoon, switch on the TV and see a dapper young man with a baton standing before an orchestra and demonstrating the patterns conductors use to lead music in different meters two, three, four and five beats to the bar. He directs his players in a few ...

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News: Obituary

Jake Hanna Versatile Jazz Drummer Was in Merv Griffin's TV Show Band Dies

February 16, 2010

Hanna, known for his unerring sense of time, was at home playing with big bands and small groups. He performed with Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson and Duke Ellington, among others. Jake Hanna, a versatile drummer who played with such jazz figures as Woody Herman and was a longtime member of the band on Merv Griffin's television ...

News: Technology

The Wired iPad App: A Video Demonstration?

February 16, 2010

[Editors note: I find it odd, interesting that Wired magazine in all their zeal to announce their new Apps for the Apple iPad, present this article in a video demonstration written in Flash, while all the while Flash won't play on any Apple mobile, as this would not open on my iPhone. Seems the battle between ...

News: Recording

Trumpeter Christian Scott Covers Thom Yorke on New Single

February 16, 2010

Concord Jazz star trumpeter Christian Scott has released the first single from his upcoming new album. Recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder (John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock), the new track is Christian's jazz interpretation of “The Eraser" - originally penned by Radiohead ...

News: TV / Film

Kevin Eubanks out of 'The Tonight Show

February 16, 2010

NBC confirmed online reports today that Kevin Eubanks, Jay Leno's affable bandleader, will step down from his post sometime after original installments of The Tonight Show resume in March. Eubanks told the peacock he wants to try other things, a network insider said, though its still not clear when he'll abdicate his late night gig (or ...

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Dale Hawkins Early Rock Musician Wrote 'Susie-Q' Dies

February 16, 2010

The singer-guitarist's 1957 hit became a rock anthem and was covered by many artists, including the Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The raw, bluesy swamp-rock sound of the original “Suzy Susie-Q" grew out of Dale Hawkin's childhood experience, steeped in rural country and blues music. Dale Hawkins, a singer-guitarist best known for his 1957 hit ...

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News: Technology

Handmade Amps Rock out with Matchless Tone

February 16, 2010

You cant swing a Strat these days without hitting a boutique tube amp with sweet tone. It seems every day someone comes out of his workshop carrying a new rig and spouting buzzwords like handmade and hand-wired. They're all following a path blazed by Matchless. The guys at Matchless all but launched the boutique amplifier craze ...

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News: Recording

Preservation Hall Jazz Band's 'Preservation'

February 16, 2010

The unique place the Crescent City holds in American music is evident in the breadth of guests and the utter commitment in their performances with the Preservation Hall band on this project, designed to raise money to support training and mentoring of young musicians wishing to become practitioners of the century-old musical strain known as New ...

News: Interview

Interview: John Levy (Part 1)

February 16, 2010

Bassist John Levy will turn 98 years old on April 11th, but he sounds half his age on the phone, and his memory is rock solid. For those unfamiliar with the name, John played bass in the Stuff Smith Trio in 1943 and 1944 and recorded with Don Byas and Erroll Garner in 1945. John was ...