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News: Technology

Time Warner Cable Charges for a Service It Doesn't Provide

June 28, 2009

It's telephone customers are charged 99 cents a month to not be listed in a directory published by telecom giants. The kicker: Time Warner doesn't even share the revenue with those companies. I've always admired the way phone companies charge a monthly fee for people not to be listed in a phone book. I mean, talk ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Remembering Oliver Nelson

June 28, 2009

The nearly ubiquitous Miles Davis notwithstanding, which jazz musician from the St. Louis area has been heard by the most people throughout the world? It's probably impossible to measure something like that with any degree of exactitude, but one certainly can make an informed guess.Any short ...

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News: Recording

Teena Marie Scores a Top 20 Debut Album with 'Congo Square' + Tour Dates

June 28, 2009

Legendary R&B trailblazer Teena Marie's new album Congo Square, her first for celebrated soul label Stax Records, sold over 18,000 copies to debut at #20 on Billboard's top 200 album chart and the #4 spot on the R&B Core Store album chart. The record marks the return of one of her generation's most important voices and ...

News: Festival

Sway to the Vibe of Three Unique, Affordable Jazz Travel Experiences for Singles in 2009!

June 28, 2009

Jazz lovers can't miss with Singles Travel International's three unique and affordable travel opportunities for jazz lovers in 2009 the Smooth Jazz Charity Weekend in August, Chicago Jazz Festival in September, and a five-star Jazz Cruise experience to the Caribbean this November. Party to the sounds of the best jazz artists in a variety of venues ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Candoli

June 28, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Candoli's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete CandoliIt would seem that Pete Candoli has been biding his time in the wings all these years. While Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, etc. have long enjoyed broad public recognition... more ...

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News: Book / Magazine

AllAboutJazz-New York July 2009 Issue Now Available!

June 27, 2009

It seems that this space has become a proclamation board for bad news. After announcing the end-as-we-know-it of the JVC Jazz Festivals, we are saddened to inform you, our reading public, of the folding of JazzTimes magazine. This development is of grave concern to us at AllAboutJazz-New York because it is a) another punch to the ...

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News: Festival

Gibson Guitar Announces Partnership with 2009 Montreux Jazz Festival

June 27, 2009

Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument maker and leader in music technology, is pleased to announce its partnership with the Montreux Jazz Festival. Gibson will be the official musical instrument provider of the festival and Title Sponsor of the Gibson Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition. The Montreux Jazz Festival will take place July 3-17, 2009 in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Claudio Roditi at the Turning Point Cafe (Piermont, NY) Monday June 29th

June 27, 2009

MONDAY JAZZ at the Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY (South of Tappan Zee Bridge, North of GWB in Rockland. Only 25 minutes from NYC, NJ, CT, Westchester, and Orange. A great intimate setting ideal for Jazz.) June 29th World Class Jazz Mondays 8pm-11pm

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News: Performance / Tour

Michael Jackson Spent His Final Night Alive in His Favorite Spot on Earth: The Stage

June 27, 2009

Onstage at Staples Center, associates say, the performer radiated joy as he prepared for his comeback tour. At Staples Center Wednesday night, the performer did a full run-through of his planned comeback concert. He and his company -- dancers, musicians, singers, aerial performers, choreographers and costumers -- planned to fly to England early next week for ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Michael Jackson: The Wounds, the Broken Heart

June 27, 2009

Pop music critic Robert Hilburn recalls the years when the public turned its back on the singer. 'I'm lonely,' a 23-year-old Jackson said. Robert Hilburn was The Times' pop music critic from 1970 to 2005. Parts of this article are excerpted from his memoir, “Corn Flakes With John Lennon, and Other Tales From a Rock 'n' ...