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News: Recording

In the Pocket with Kyle Eastwood

July 19, 2009

The car whirls around the curves of the hilly Los Angeles neighborhood as we make our way to meet musician Kyle Eastwood. Eastwood has arrived from Scotland just days before our scheduled interview and photo shoot. We have been advised that he requires no groomer, so it is simply the writer and the photographer who pass ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Composer, Arranger, Guitarist Nick Grondin Releases New CD: "Songteller - The Jazz Orchestra Project" CD Release Concert on Tap at Regattabar

July 19, 2009

Boston, MA--Jazz composer, arranger and guitarist Nick Grondin has just released a unique CD of award-winning, contemporary compositions. Titled SongTeller – The Jazz Orchestra Project, the release will be celebrated with a key date featuring Grondin’s Septet at the esteemed Regattabar at the Charles Hotel, [One Bennett Street, Cambridge] at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 6. ...

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News: Recording

Christian McBride + Inside Straight "Kind of Brown"

July 19, 2009

KIND OF BROWN THE NEW CD BY BASSIST-BANDLEADER CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE WITH HIS NEW QUINTET, INSIDE STRAIGHT OUT TODAY ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS “[Inside Straight] favors an in-the-tradition acoustic vibe and an attractive melange of blues forms, hummable originals stocked with meaty harmonies and sturdy improvisations that stick to the point." --Detroit Free Press

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News: Recording

Concord Music Group to Release "Lester Young: Centennial Celebration"

July 19, 2009

CONCORD MUSIC GROUP SPOTLIGHTS SAXOPHONIST LESTER YOUNG IN THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SERIESLESTER YOUNG: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUNG'S BIRTHCOLLECTION TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 4, 2009By the time he reached the height of his powers in the 1950s, Lester Young had single-handedly redefined the ...

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News: Music Industry

Knitting Factory to Close Hollywood Club

July 19, 2009

The rock n roll continues to disappear from Hollywood Boulevard. All-ages music venue the Knitting Factory is opting not to renew its lease at its current location and looks to shut its doors this fall. Concerts that include shows by metal act A Static Lullaby and Scottish indie rockers Frightened Rabbit are currently booked through mid-October ...

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News: Event

All Around London, an Invitation to Make Music

July 19, 2009

LONDON The piano was standing innocently near the Millennium Bridge, minding its own business except for a cheeky come-on Play Me, Im Yours printed on its side. For a 24-year-old Australian tourist named Lauren Bradley, it was as alluring as a sign saying Free Chocolate. I live away from home and dont have my own piano, ...

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News: Festival

Salzburg Music Director Will Leave After 2011

July 19, 2009

Officials at the Salzburg Festival said that its musical director, Markus Hinterhuser, would not extend his contract past 2011. Organizers of the Viennese music and drama festival said Mr. Hinterhuser, a pianist who has been musical director since 2003, said he had made the decision after discussions with Alexander Pereira, the festivals artistic director designate. In ...

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News: Technology

Music Industry Lures Casual Pirates to Legal Sites

July 19, 2009

PARIS Record company executives say there are three kinds of music fans. There are those who buy music, and those who get a kick out of never paying for it. And then there are those whom Rob Wells at Universal Music Group calls dinner party pirates: the vast majority of listeners, those who copy music illegally ...

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News: Performance / Tour

A McCartney Homecoming at Citi Field

July 19, 2009

Paul McCartney played Citi Field 44 years after the Beatles first played Shea Stadium. McCartney came to Citi Field on Friday night to bring a new ballpark one thing that cant be built in: memories. No one was better qualified. As a 23-year-old Beatle, Mr. McCartney introduced rock to a stadium audience on August 15, 1965, ...

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News: Music Industry

Murder Charges in Michael Jackson Case Unlikely

July 19, 2009

The investigation is far from over, but a law enforcement official says there's nothing to suggest murder. Some doctors could face lesser charges of improperly prescribing drugs, but not any time soon. Michael Jackson's death is unlikely to result in murder charges against any of the performer's doctors, according to a senior law enforcement official familiar ...