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News: Recording

Artists Recording Collective (ARC) January 2010

January 14, 2010

Initiation, the dynamic new Artists Recording Collective CD by pianist Sumi Tonooka (pronounced To-NO-ka) and tenor saxophonist Erica Lindsay, showcases their shared skills as composers and bandleaders. Though they've been playing together since they first met in the spring of 1994, this is their first in-studio collaboration. “We wanted to document and reveal something of our ...

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News: Award / Grant

Hans Koller European Jazz Price 2009

January 14, 2010

We are glad to announce the winners of the various categories of the Hans Hans Koller Preis 2009, an initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, the City of Vienna, the SKE-Fonds and the Austrian Music Office (AMO). European Jazz Prize 2009 EUR 14.500.-- sponsored by the City of Vienna Enrico ...

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News: Video / DVD

DVD Review: Spike Lee Films "Passing Strange"

January 14, 2010

Some stage plays and musicals are adapted into films. Others are simply filmed. That would seem to be the easier gigbut if youve suffered through one where the camera never moved, or never seemed to be in the right place, and the whole static bore made you wonder why anyone thought it was worthwhile to see ...

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News: Recording

CD Review: Ringo Starr, "Y Not"

January 14, 2010

I know that I have a tendency to dwell on the past, but it seems somehow sad to me that the release of a new album by a member of the Beatles no longer gets much attention, especially when its something new from Ringo. I suppose people still look forward to a new album from Paul ...

News: Technology

Pandora Profitable, Chasing the "80% Opportunity"

January 14, 2010

Only a year ago Pandora head Tim Westergren was warning users that it was on the brink of shutting down unless Congress enacted more favorable streaming rights. Now, the company has reached the holy grail of profitability. “We became profitable for the fourth quarter of 2009, and now we're shooting for profits for the entire 2010," ...

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News: Technology

Forecaster Says 2010 is Digital Music Tipping Point

January 14, 2010

2010 is the year the total dollars spent on digital music will surpass the sale of physical goods according to a new forecast. Paul Verna, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the report, “Paid Music Content: The Answer Is Blowin' in the Cloud." forecasts that US consumer spending on digital music will increase at a compound ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Perform at Historic el Campani Theatre in Antioch, CA

January 14, 2010

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB), based in the city known as the birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans, LA, will make its only Northern California appearance scheduled in 2010 at the historic El Campanil Theatre in Antioch on March 6. Sponsored in part by a grant from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation and the support ...

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News: Technology

Javascript Hack Enables Flash on iPhone

January 14, 2010

A rather clever programmer has managed to get the iPhone to run interactive apps created using Adobes Flash platform. And because it works inside the Safari browser, it isnt subject to the dictatorial rules of Apples App Store. The software is called Gordon, and it doesnt actually allow Flash itself to work on the iPhone. Instead, ...

News: Music Industry

Shellac Flacks' Double Dip

January 14, 2010

Upon leafing through old Down Beats from the 1940s the other day, I came across an editorial in the April 9, 1947 issue chastising disc jockeys for engaging in shady practices. Long before the infamous payola scandals of the late 1950s, when on-air announcers accepted cash from record pluggers to repeatedly play specific singles and turn ...

News: Performance / Tour

Louis Moholo-Moholo with Lafayette Gilchrist at Jazzway in Baltimore on Feb. 6

January 14, 2010

Lafayette Gilchrist (piano) and Louis Moholo-Moholo (drums) Saturday 6 February at 8 PM @ JAZZWAY 6004 6004 Hollins Ave Baltimore, MD 21210 410-624-2222 jazzway6004.org Price: $20/General, $15/Students PLEASE NOTE THAT TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. THERE IS NO ADMISSION WITHOUT RESERVATION AND CASH IS NOT TAKEN AT ...