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News: Festival

Jazz at Bumbershoot

September 5, 2009

Bumbershoot is primarily a pop-music festival, and the jazz programming this weekend reflects those priorities with groups like the Olympic Sound Collective and The New Mastersounds — bands that incorporate jazz elements into danceable songs that contain bluesy riff and funky grooves. Seattle saxophonists Mark Taylor and Steve Griggs and their groups are the only straight-ahead ...

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News: Music Industry

Album Sales Continue Downward Spiral

September 5, 2009

Billboard shares an analysis of the latest bad news on the music sales front. The highlights (low points?) include: Album sales were down 18.1% compared to last year, 31% compared to '07 The July 5 week period 6/28 - 8/1 was down 10.3% compared to the same period in '08 and 22.8% vs. '07. Michael ...

News: Interview

Interview: Howard Rumsey (Part 3)

September 5, 2009

Southern California in the early 1950s was a place of rapid transition. As cars became more affordable and local highways improved, teens in the warmer months gravitated toward the shore. At the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, manager Howard Rumsey found himself in the right place at the right time. With nighttime demographics skewing younger and suburban ...

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News: Radio

Impulse Records: The Vocal Sides

September 5, 2009

Impulse Records gained renown in the 1960s for its progressive-vanguard and cutting-edge releases by artists such as John Coltrane and Archie Shepp, but the label also released a handful of albums by singers such as Johnny Hartman, Jackie Paris and Lorez Alexandria. Impulse had been started at the dawn of the 1960s by producer Creed Taylor, ...

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News: Technology

A Bit of This and That

September 5, 2009

The Firehouse 12 Fall 2009 Concert Series opens its 13-week run on Friday September 18 (alas, the first night of Rosh Hashanah) with Brandon Ross & Blazing Beauty for 2 shows (8:30 and 10 p.m.) You can purchase tickets for individual shows or the entire season by going to the venue's website (firehouse12.com). Speaking ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the Hank Jones/Frank Wess Giveaway

September 5, 2009

Leslie Grossman, Pat Krueger, Tim Fearnside, Pamela White and Kandie Webster, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Lineage Records “Hank Jones/Frank Wess - Hank and Frank, Vol. 2“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Lineage Records for ...

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News: Music Industry

Hot Property: Bing Crosby's Old Stomping Grounds for Sale in Toluca Lake

September 5, 2009

A Toluca Lake home referred to as the Bing Crosby Estate is listed at $10 million. The singer and actor lived on the property from 1936 until early January 1943, when the 20-room house was gutted in a Christmas tree fire, according to news reports from the L.A. Times archives. The damage to the structure and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Eddie Gomez Trio on Tour in Mexico. Featuring Stefan Karlsson & Rodrigo Villanueva

September 5, 2009

The Eddie Gomez Trio in Mexico: November 25 to December 5. Eddie Gomez: Bass, Stefan Karlsson: Piano, Rodrigo Villanueva: Drums. Chiapas, Veracruz, Guanajuato, Morelos, Mexico City. All venues and dates TBA. Concerts and Master Classes at 2nd JazzUV International Jazz Festival, The XV San Miguel De Allende Jazz & Blues International Jazz Festival, UNICACH Jazz Program ...

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News: Recording

James Moody and Kenny Barron Release 4A on IPO Recordings

September 5, 2009

Respected and versatile saxophone player James Moody has collaborated with legendary pianist Kenny Barron on a recent offering on the IPO Recordings imprint titled 4A. 4A features eight instrumental tracks of classic jazz painted with the colors of every level of saxophone from Moody and embellished with beautiful piano passages from the ...

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News: TV / Film

Jazz Artist Tamela D'Amico Making Waves in Television with Sex Ed: The Series.

September 5, 2009

TV Guide suggests that the television pilot Sex Ed: The Series, produced and directed by multi-talented jazz artist Tamela D'Amico, should be the next hot property picked up by a cable television network. Damian Holbrook of TVGuide.com writes, “As we head into the fall, you’ll be hearing a lot of talk about the “hottest shows" of ...