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News: Recording

New Harry Connick Jr. Album

September 22, 2009

Over the past two decades, Harry Connick, Jr. has taken a very hands-on approach to his recording career. The multi-talented Connick has called the shots at the numerous phases of his album projects--writing original material or picking songs, choosing the ensemble settings and writing arrangements, singing and playing piano, and with the aid of co-producer and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Soweto Gospel Choir Come to Swansea Grand Theatre

September 22, 2009

Two-time Grammy Award winners--Soweto Gospel Choir come to Swansea Grand Theatre as part of their autumn UK tour. Following enormous success on their last visit to the city, they have a brand new concert show Soweto Gospel Choir In Concert, which they will perform at the Grand on 10 October as part of the Swansea Festival ...

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News: Award / Grant

Dave Brubeck Receives Berklee Honorary Doctorate

September 22, 2009

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck delivers a personal rejoinder after receiving the honorary doctor of music degree from Berklee College of Music at the 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival on Sunday, September 20. Clint Eastwood--who received a Berklee honorary doctorate in 2007--and Berklee president Roger H. Brown presented Brubeck with the award just prior to the festival's ...

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News: Interview

Photostory9: Dizzy Gillespie

September 22, 2009

In the summer of 1965, Dizzy Gillespie performed at the Newport Jazz Festival and then played a series of club gigs in the Northeast. In August, Gillespie appeared at the Showboat in Washington, D.C. During his engagement, a note was passed to him from a woman in the audience. The note asked if he would consider ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Michael Wollf Trio at the Kennedy Center on October 24th

September 22, 2009

Michael Wolff Trio to Appear at The Kennedy Center, with Special Guest Steve Wilson Live Review: “All of the music felt very full and passionately alive” “Wolff proved to be one of the most engaging all-around performers in the entire jazz game” The acclaimed Michael Wolff Trio will have the honor of performing at The Kennedy ...

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News: Technology

MySpace Beats Facebook with Twitter Synch

September 22, 2009

MySpace began rolling out new functionality today that allows users to sync their MySpace status updates with a Twitter feed. Any U.S. user can opt-in so that updates created on MySpace will appear on Twitter and posts to Twitter appear within their MySpace status & mood. The system was created using open authentication technology OAuth ...

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News: Book / Magazine

The Digital Dilemma: Finding a Path to Salvation

September 22, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor With the rise of corporatism in the record industry throughout the 80's and 90's, executives disconnected themselves from what used to matter the most to them: the music. As the business evolved from the long-range, career-building view that artist development allowed to the short-term, hit-making machine that mass-media provided, they grew ...

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News: Technology

YouTube Offers New Features

September 22, 2009

YouTube has added a number of features in recent weeks that offer new opportunities for musicians and music markters using the popular viral video site: Friend suggestions: An ongoing “find your friends" project kicks off with a module on the homepage that makes friend suggestions based on the email addresses of people with whom users have ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazzman Sonny Rollins is a hit at the Touhill

September 22, 2009

Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins has a reputation for performances of transcendent artistry, and he lived up to it Saturday evening at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. Leading a sextet through a program that included jazz standards and original tunes, Rollins kept an audience of more than 1,500 spellbound. The concert was presented by Jazz ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Disco Biscuits | 09.13 | New Jersey

September 22, 2009

Words by: Jonathan Reiss | Images by: Jason Flager The Disco Biscuits :: 09.13.09 :: Starland Ballroom :: Sayreville, NJ The Disco Biscuits :: 09.13 :: Sayreville, NJ The Disco Biscuits kicked off their fall tour with an impressive three-night run of energetic, innovative ...