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News: Technology

New Ad Supported Music Downoad Site freeallmusic.com Gets Seed Funding

October 5, 2009

PLUS A Q & A With CEO Richard Nailling Free All Media has secured seed funding to launch its FreeAllMusic.com ad supported free digital music service in late 2009. The initial round includes founding investor, Scott Barber, CEO of Reform Records, and Free All Media's CEO Richard Nailling. FreeAllMusic.com will offer ad supported songs without DRM ...

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News: Recording

Christian McBride and Inside Straight: Kind of Brown

October 5, 2009

By: Ron Hart The last decade has seen Philadelphia jazz bass virtuoso Christian McBride expand his boundaries beyond traditional bop by experimenting with a myriad of different tones and textures, from fresh hip hop breakbeats on his amazing 2001 collaboration with fellow Philly musicians keyboardist Uri Cane and Roots drummer Ahmir “?uestlove" Thompson as The Philadelphia ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Previewing "Rapology" with Quincy Troupe, Kelvyn Bell and Ronnie Burrage

October 4, 2009

This week, we've got a grab bag of videos featuring the three principals of “Rapology," which will be presented next Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10 at Robbie's House of Jazz in Webster Groves.Poet Quincy Troupe, guitarist and singer Kelvyn Bell and drummer and multi-instrumentalist ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Al Stewart (Part 4)

October 5, 2009

By the mid-1950s, trumpeter Al Stewart was appearing as a sideman on a growing number of top big band dates and recordings. With the rise of the 12-inch jazz LP in 1956, album production ramped up as the larger format required more music per disc than had appeared on the smaller 10-inch LP releases. The change ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Blanton

October 5, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Blanton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jimmy BlantonJimmy Blanton - acoustic bass (1918-1942) In his short tenure with Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton became the first great double bass virtuoso in jazz... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Jimmy ...

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News: Festival

Los Angeles to Host City's First Asian American Jazz Festival

October 4, 2009

The first annual Asian American Jazz Festival aims to be the world's premiere festival celebrating the creative and innovative artistic visions and achievements of Asian American and Asian jazz artists from around the world. Although all artists come from different experiences, their interconnected identities unite them through a common musical medium to create a unique, expressive, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dave Matthews Band Mix “Whiskey” with Jams at Austin City Limits

October 4, 2009

At the end of the day, and especially at the end of this day at Austin City Limits, the crowd wanted the Dave Matthews Band they’ve known for the past 15 years or so. After slogging through an insistent downpour and the resulting thick, oozing mud, the guys trading chest bumps and girls woo-hooing with the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

"Tapestry Rewoven" Returns to Iridium

October 4, 2009

Feel the Earth Move! Laurie Krauz & the Daryl Kojak Octet bring the award-winning show, “Tapestry Rewoven," back to Iridium for first Tuesdays beginning November 3rd at 8pm and 10pm! On the heels of their triumphant night at BB King's, Laurie Krauz & The Daryl Kojak Octet bring their acclaimed “Tapestry Rewoven" back to Iridium Jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ancient Paths, Modern Voices' Illuminates Chinese Culture in O.C.

October 4, 2009

My Sunday Arts & Books story on the “Class of 1978" -- the first group of Chinese musicians who were allowed to pursue their music studies at the Beijing Central Conservatory after the 10-year tumult of Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution Serves as a preview for the wide-ranging Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture ...

News: Performance / Tour

Low End Theory: High-Concept Music

October 4, 2009

A new generation of experimental artists is using dazzling instrument technologies to create new genres of music at a club night in Lincoln Heights. At Low End Theory, a weekly club night for experimental hip-hop and electronica artists at the Airliner in Lincoln Heights, there is one square foot of standing room where the music sounds ...