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News: Festival

Inaugural Let It Roll Festival: Featuring Marco Benevento

Marco Benevento Trio to headline inaugural Let It Roll Festival Marco Benevento Pawnshop Roses and Numberline Productions are proud to announce the inaugural Let It Roll Festival. Set to go down September 18-20, join the fun for a two-day end-of-summer extravaganza featuring music, camping, and much more! Let It Roll will take place at beautiful Sunnyview ...

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News: Obituary

Les Paul Passes Away at 94: 1915-2009

Les Paul Passes Away at 94: 1915-2009

The World Has Lost a Remarkable Innovator and Musician New York, NY - August 13, 2009 - Les Paul, acclaimeimed guitar player, entertainer and inventor, passed away today from complications of severe pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plain, New York, surrounded by family and loved ones. He had been receiving the best available treatment ...

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News: Recording

8 Cal Tjader Albums to Kickstart Your Latin Jazz Record Collection

8 Cal Tjader Albums to Kickstart Your Latin Jazz Record Collection

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr., better known to the Latin Jazz world as Cal Tjader, led a long and influential career that changed the course of Latin Jazz. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area under entertainer parents, Tjader found early success as a child tap dancer. After a stint in the army, Tjader returned to ...

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News: Music Industry

Does Holywood Share the Same Problems as the Record Industry?

Does Holywood Share the Same Problems as the Record Industry?

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor In his article, Paul Suarez of PC World rightly observes that, “Hollywood has a problem. It's red, boxy, lets you rent DVDs for $1 a night, and is severely threatening movie studios from making money. The threat is Redbox self-serve DVD rental kiosks outside McDonalds and in grocery stores." ...

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News: Music Industry

10 Major Milestones in Modern Music Marketing

10 Major Milestones in Modern Music Marketing

1. Seth Godin writes “Permission Marketing“ way back in 1999 pointing the way towards a new era of artist and fan relationships. 2. CD Baby offers indie and d.i.y. artists a home to reach a wider audience on the net. 3. The Arctic Monkeys parlay internet pre-release buzz into the fastest selling debut album in UK ...

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News: Interview

Catching up with John Stowell

Catching up with John Stowell

John Stowell, Solitary Tales (Origin). The CD's title suits the guitarist, a peripatetic performer who roams the world. I recently heard a musician say, “You never know where he'll show up." Although Stowell often plays with others, some of his most stunning work, as here, is unaccompanied. He alternates acoustic and electric guitars, but when he ...

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News: Obituary

Guitar Legend Les Paul: RIP

Guitar Legend Les Paul: June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009 Legendary guitarist and innovator Les Paul died on Thursday August 13, 2009. He was 94. Paul was a pioneer in developing the solid body electric guitar as well as creating multi-track recording devices. What follows has been taken from gibson.com: Les Paul New York, NY ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The John Escreet Project to Perform at the Jazz Standard

The John Escreet Project to Perform at the Jazz Standard

Pianist/Composer John Escreet will be performing with The John Escreet Project at The Jazz Standard in NYC on Wednesday September 9th, 2009. Set Times: 7:30pm and 9:30pm THE JOHN ESCREET PROJECT DAVE BINNEY – ALTO SAXOPHONE
 AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE – TRUMPET
 JOHN ESCREET – PIANO
 ZACK LOBER – BASS
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News: Interview

John Pizzarelli: Thanks to Bucky

John Pizzarelli: Thanks to Bucky

Listen Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli wanted to be a rock and roll star when he was a teenager. Luckily for the world of jazz, his father, Bucky Pizzarelli, introduced his son to the music of the 40s and 50s. Today John is one of the great upholders of that tradition, whether performing the songs of ...

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News: Festival

Lollapalooza 2009: Sunday Wrap-Up

Lollapalooza 2009: Sunday Wrap-Up

Lollapalooza 2009 is a wrap, with 11 more hours of music Sunday. As usual, the hour-by-hour report is courtesy of yours truly and my comrades Bob Gendron (BG) and Andy Downing (AD). Thanks, guys. 11:14 a.m. Theres not a cloud in the sky, and the official air temperature at OHare is already a balmy 87 degrees. ...


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