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News: Performance / Tour

Saints Marching in New Orleans, at Last

February 9, 2010

As Champions March In, Their City Parties Harder This citys two simultaneous parties Mardi Gras season and the unending Saints Super Bowl victory celebration came together in one big blowout on Tuesday evening, as the returning football champions paraded through the downtown streets amid an ecstatic, swaying throng of black and gold. Through chilly temperatures in ...

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News: Music Industry

Ritz-Carlton to Close 5-Diamond Las Vegas Hotel in May

February 9, 2010

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co will close its five-diamond property in Las Vegas this May, after the hotel struggled with a slide in demand and revenue. “It's nothing the hotel did. It's a simple lack of business and a decline in the tourism industry," said Ritz-Carlton spokeswoman Vivian Deuschl. The owners of the 348-room property, Village ...

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News: Music Industry

Warner Music Group Posts Net Loss

February 9, 2010

Company dips $17 million for fiscal quarter. Warner Music Group posted a net loss of $17 million, down 11 per share, for the fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, the company announced Tuesday. WMG posted a $23 million profit in the same quarter of 2008. Revenue grew 3.5% to $918 million from $887 million in the same ...

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News: Music Industry

EMI's Downfall: Will the Hits Keep Coming?

February 9, 2010

Katy Perry may have turned up to EMI's post-Grammys party in a revealing silver dress, but even the “I Kissed a Girl" singer (who is signed to Capitol Records, a subsidiary of EMI) could not monopolize all the attention. Despite the lavish affair at the W Hotel in Hollywood, EMI is in desperate financial trouble. So ...

News: Technology

Culture Jam: Tweeting for a Song

February 9, 2010

Edith Piaf, whose last name means “sparrow" in French, used to sing for her meals. Culture Jam, a Santa Monica startup, wants to do the same. Working with bands and record companies, Culture Jam builds viral marketing campaigns on Twitter. One campaign they developed for the band 30 Seconds to Mars yielded more than 25,000 tweets ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Pianist Valerie Capers at the Riverdale Y

February 9, 2010

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents legendary jazz pianist VALERIE CAPERS and her quartet on February 27 at 8 pm at the Riverdale Y, 5625 Arlington Avenue in the Bronx. The program will include classics by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and others. A wine and cheese party to meet the artists immediately follows the concert. ...

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News: Education

Spring CMA Grant Opportunities for U.S. Jazz Ensembles and Presenters

February 9, 2010

Commissioning and Ensemble Development and Residency Partnership are now posted on the CMA website. Application deadline: Friday, March 12, 2010. Ensembles are invited to apply to New Jazz Works. Either an ensemble or presenter can apply to Residency Partnership CMA will offer a series of grant application workshops. One can attend the workshop in person at ...

News: Performance / Tour

Whitworth Jazz Ensemble Conducts First Ever Tour of New York City, New Orleans

February 9, 2010

The award-winning Whitworth Jazz Ensemble recently returned to Spokane after a successful tour of New York City and New Orleans Jan. 9-20. Highlights of the tour included performing with jazz legend Lee Konitz and well-regarded jazz musicians Donny McCaslin, Ryan Keberle and Larry Panella. While in New York City, the ensemble performed at Hunter College with ...

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News: Recording

On March 9, 2010 - Motema Music Will Release Rufus Reid's out Front

February 9, 2010

Motema Music to release RUFUS REID'S OUT FRONT featuring Steve Allee and Duduka Da Fonseca “Reid is the man to call for any musical situation that demands both the utmost skill and impeccable taste...his luscious sound and buoyant swing can levitate an ensemble clear off the bandstand."- The New Yorker “His work is a virtual catalog of ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 1, 2010

February 9, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Steve Hobbs Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 224 189 +35 5 47 1 4 2 22 — Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 210 83 +127 25 52 2 2 3 — — Charlie Hunter Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You ...