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News: Technology

Hopping Mad Luxo Sues Disney over Hopping Desk-Lamp Character

September 6, 2009

“Luxo Jr.," the squeaky desk-lamp character created by John Lasseter more than two decades ago, is in the spotlight again -- this time under the glare of a transatlantic lawsuit. The hopping swivel lamp has been a corporate mascot for Pixar Animation Studios since its founder created the character in 1986 for a short computer-animated movie ...

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News: TV / Film

Telluride Film Festival: Jason Reitman Returns Flying High

September 6, 2009

When director Jason Reitman brought “Juno" to the Telluride Film Festival two years ago, it was the start of something big. The comedy not only went on to become a break-out hit (domestic gross: $143.5 million) but also brought screenwriter Diablo Cody the best original screenplay Oscar. Reitman was back in the Colorado resort town Saturday ...

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News: Technology

China Web Sites Seeking Users Names

September 6, 2009

BEIJING News Web sites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on under their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the countrys Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past. China has gone to new lengths to control activity by its huge population of ...

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News: Obituary

Chris Connor Jazz Vocalist Legend Passes at 81 Years

September 6, 2009

Legendary jazz vocalist Chris Connor, who first came to prominence with the orchestras of Claude Thornhill and Stan Kenton and went on to record dozens of successful albums and singles, died on Saturday evening, August 29 at the Community Medical Center in Toms River, NJ following a long bout with cancer, according to her publicist Alan ...

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News: Festival

Jazz Travelers

September 6, 2009

To what lengths will fans go to hear great jazz?Depending on where you live, sometimes it's right around the corner or across town. Sometimes you drive for hours as part of a vacation trip, or fly many miles.This holiday weekend brings out all of those facets, as jazz festival goers are out ...

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News: Performance / Tour

John Fedchock New York Big Band Live at Iridium, Tuesday September 8

September 6, 2009

The John Fedchock New York Big Band makes a special appearance at Iridium in NYC on Tuesday September 8, performing two sets at 8pm & 10pm. Made up of New York's jazz elite, the group is stocked with NYC's premier soloists featured in a variety of settings, including straight- ahead big band charts, as well as ...

News: Recording

Vincent Minor:born in the Wrong Era

September 6, 2009

By: Greg Gargiulo Born in the Wrong Era (Social Science Recordings) plays like someone's personal journal given life by way of delicate musical accommodation. Only, in this case, Vincent Minor's journal is stated eloquently and engagingly, to the extent that you're actually concerned with what's going on in his personal universe. Difficult to determine whether he's ...

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News: Recording

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey:One Day in Brooklyn

September 6, 2009

By: Dennis Cook The studio debut of the 2009 configuration of JFJO is perhaps the “jazziest" effort from them in some time. While often seen as the genre's wild child (a well earned tag), the Fred works in a smoother, slinkier vein on One Day In Brooklyn (released September 1 on Kinnara Records), fitting for what ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Mulgrew Miller

September 6, 2009

This week, our video spotlight shines on pianist Mulgrew Miller, who will be back in St. Louis to perform Wednesday, September 23 through Saturday, September 26 at Jazz at the Bistro. The 54-year-old Miller is one of the most recorded jazz pianists of his generation, and will be ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy Bolden

September 6, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Bolden's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Buddy BoldenBuddy Bolden - cornet (1877 - 1931) Cornetist Buddy Bolden is one of the premier legendary figures of jazz. Credited as the founder of “jass," later to be called jazz, he was the first ...