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News: Obituary

300 Graves Tampered with at Historic Cemetery

July 9, 2009

As frantic relatives of the deceased descended on the Burr Oak Cemetery the final resting place of lynching victim Emmett Till, blues singers Willie Dixon and Dinah Washington investigators said it could be months before they fully understand what took place. Prosecutors on Thursday charged three gravediggers and a manager in an elaborate scheme in which ...

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News: Obituary

Bob Mitchell Silent-Movie Organist Was House Musician for Dodgers

July 9, 2009

Bob Mitchell improvised soundtracks for silent movies, starting when he was 12 years old at Strand Theater in Pasadena. The longtime director of the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir played at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles. Bob Mitchell, an organist who was the first such house musician at Dodger Stadium and the last surviving working ...

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News: Education

The New School and the Israel Conservatory of Music Announce Partnership

July 9, 2009

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music has announced it will partner with the Center for Jazz Studies at the Israel Conservatory of Music (ICM) in Tel-Aviv, Israel, to enable Israeli students to earn a degree in jazz on the college level. In this four-year program, which will launch this fall, students will begin their ...

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News: Event

Deluge at Smoke Jazz Club Stops the Music

July 9, 2009

On Monday night at around 9:30, water began pouring through the ceiling at Smoke, a jazz club at Broadway and 106th Street. It was right in the middle of a set by John Farnsworth, a saxophonist, and the damage caused by a sprinkler system that had been set off by smoke or fire six floors up ...

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News: Recording

Dick Hyman Plays Weill, Duke, and Coward

July 9, 2009

Inner City Records is pleased to announce the re-release of three albums by Dick Hyman. Never before available on CD and quite rare even on vinyl, these albums represent some of the earliest recording efforts by a cornerstone of the jazz scene. These are solo recordings, and demonstrate an inventive, ingenious and playful take on the ...

News: Radio

Bone-Shakin' Vibes This Week on Freedom Jazz Dance

July 9, 2009

Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance this Sunday for the unstoppable sound of freedom in the groove with the latest, greatest performers and rare recordings throughout the history of jazz. This week, Ill be rattlin yer bones with choice cuts from vibraphonists like Teddy Charles and Steve Nelson, new sounds from saxophonist Chris Byars and guitarist ...

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News: Recording

Olivier Calmel Electro Couac Quintet Releases 'Sha-Docks'

July 9, 2009

New album of Olivier Calmel's band upcoming on Septembre 2009. Olivier Calmel Electro Couac Quintet Christophe PANZANI (soprano & tenor saxophones) Frdric EYMARD (viola) Olivier CALMEL (piano, keyboards) Bruno SCHORP (double bass, electric bass) Frdric DELESTRE (drums) Vincent PEIRANI (accordion on Z trail OMT) ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Mitch Mitchell

July 9, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Mitch Mitchell's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Mitch MitchellAs the drummer in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mitch Mitchell was one of the greatest and most influential rock drummers of the 1960s. Mitchell\'s style was a blend of the abandon of someone like ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winner of the 2009 Litchfield Jazz Festival Giveaway!

July 8, 2009

Gina Ferrell! Congratulations! You're the lucky winner of the 2009 Litchfield Jazz Festival giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about your travel arrangements and put you in touch with a representative from the festival. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and if you're close by, please make arrangements to attend this ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Eagles Long Road out of Eden 2009 World Tour

July 8, 2009

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES 2009 will be a great year for fans of the Eagles. The band is embarking on a World Tour with dates currently in the US, Canada and Europe. NIA Birmingham, England Birmingham, ENG July 08, 2009 MEN Arena Manchester Manchester, ENG July 11, 2009 Saturday ...