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News: Recording

Guitarist Bryan Baker Prepares to Release "This Morning Day"

February 13, 2010

"A player of jaw-dropping technique and ferocious intensity with a darkly alluring musical vision, guitarist Bryan Baker is a leading light among a new breed of six-string renegades who are tearing it up with reckless abandon while pushing stylistic boundaries with impunity. His (debut record) Aphotic is the most startlingly original debut by a guitarist since ...

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News: Festival

Thousands of Jazz Enthusiasts Will Meet in Panama City Beach, FL

February 13, 2010

The 12th Annual Seabreeze Jazz Festival will be held April 16th-18th at the Pier Park Amphitheater in Panama City Beach, Florida. Pier Park became the new home for the ResortQuest Seabreeze Jazz Festival last year and the response from attendees was overwhelming positive. Pier Park is Northwest Florida's largest shopping, dining, and entertainment venue and a ...

News: Festival

NEA Grant to Support 2010 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

February 13, 2010

Berklee College of Music has been awarded a $17,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the 2010 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival. In awarding the prestigious Access to Artistic Excellence grant to Berklee and consortium partner JazzBoston, Inc., the NEA cited the festival as a celebration of Boston s diversity as reflected ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Drummer Cindy Blackman Pays Homage to Tony Williams at Highline Ballroom on March 10th

February 13, 2010

World-Renowned Drummer Cindy Blackman Performs At The Highline Ballroom On March 10 In Support Of Her New Release Another Lifetime On Four Quarters Entertainment Album Pays Tribute To Her Mentor Tony Williams When Tony Williams tragically died at the age of 51 in 1997 in the midst of continuing to speed ahead with new compositional projects, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Elan Trotman is the Main Course at Valentine's Day Jazz Dinner at Cafe Fleuri in Boston

February 13, 2010

Cafe Fleuri at the Langham Hotel in Boston is offering a special dinner on Sunday, February 14, Valentine's evening, featuring contemporary jazz saxophonist Elan Trotman with special guest Myanna. The three-course Valentine's Day dinner menu, available from 6:00 p.m., includes a glass of sparkling wine and dessert buffet at the Cafe's famous Chocolate Bar. ...

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News: Technology

Google's Blog Crackdown Continues

February 13, 2010

Blogger Bill Lipold of I Rock Cleveland Responds As they did last year, Google has without warning deleted a number of established music blogs hosted on its Blogger service this week. In an email sent to I Rock Cleveland, Pop Tarts, Masala, To Die By Your Side, It's a Rap, Living Ears and perhaps others, Google ...

News: Music Industry

Universal Music Names Grainge as Its Next Chief

February 13, 2010

The Universal Music Group, the worlds largest music company, announced Wednesday what had been expected for months: that Lucian Grainge, the head of the companys international division, will become chief executive. Mr. Grainge, 49, will have almost a year before he takes sole possession of the post. In July, he will move to New York from ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Latin Percussionist Pete Escovedo, Son Juan and Daughter Sheila E Visit Seattle's Jazz Alley

February 13, 2010

For Los Angeles percussionist Pete Escovedo, music has always been a family affair. The Northern California native first made his mark with his siblings Coke and Phil in the Escovedo Brothers Latin Jazz Band, a sextet that expanded the West Coast Afro-Cuban sound pioneered by Cal Tjader. Along with his brother Coke (who passed away in ...

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News: Technology

Bandzoogle Upgrades Web Site Builder and Music Marketing Platform

February 13, 2010

5 Hypebot Readers Get Bandzoogle Free For 6 Months Bandzoogle.com, the self-service web site and marketing platform for musicians, has launched a major series of upgrades. A new “Custom Style Editor" enables any artist to create a robust custom website using their own domain name without the help of a web designer. They can add their ...

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News: Recording

Resonance Records Download Week at All About Jazz

February 13, 2010

Download five free MP3s courtesy of Resonance Records Includes tracks from the Claudio Roditi's Simpatico and Gene Harris' Another Night in London. Featured: 2010-02-09 Sweet Georgia Brown (09:29) Gene Harris From: Another Night in London Resonance Records Featured: 2010-02-08 Spring Samba (04:52) ...