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News: Technology

U.S Online Video Views Jump 16% to 16.8 Billion

June 10, 2009

April 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix showed that U.S. net users viewed 16.8 billion online videos during the month, a 16% increase over March. A significant increase at YouTube contributed to the gains.YouTube Accounts for 40% In April, Google sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with 6.8 billion ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Dave Pell (Part 2)

June 10, 2009

After relocating to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s, Dave Pell joined Les Brown's band in 1947. In the early 1950s, when Dave wasn't playing in the band, he was developing a more linear West Coast sound in jam sessions with other jazz musicians. To earn a few extra bucks, Dave also began photographing his musician friends ...

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News: Obituary

Kenny Rankin, Melder of Jazz and Pop, Dies at 69

June 10, 2009

Kenny Rankin, a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose easygoing style straddled the worlds of pop, jazz and folk, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 69 and lived in Los Angeles. The cause was complications of lung cancer, his family said. Singing in a soft, lilting voice and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Mr. Rankin ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the Blue Note Records "Wynton Marsalis - He and She" Giveaway!

June 10, 2009

Carl Hager, David Peterson, Larry Joiner, WINT and Kyle Riebesell, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Blue Note Records “Wynton Marsalis - He and She“ 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 Blue Note Records for more jazz ...

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News: Education

"After Hours" Event at Urban Eats Cafe to Benefit the Sheldon's Educational Programs

June 10, 2009

The Urban Eats Cafe, 3301 Meramec Street in St. Louis' Dutchtown neighborhood, will raise money for the art music educational programs of the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries by hosting the Downtown Dutchtown Business Association's “After Hours" event on Wednesday, June 17. The event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Jazztimes "Temporarily Suspended," Staff "Furloughed"

June 10, 2009

JazzTimes confirms rumors first reported here the 38-year-old monthly magazine's deep financial distress requires it to stop publishing. Its management hopes for a brand-sale and re-emergence. But in a longer email to freelance contributors, those same managers adopt a can't-help-you-pal shrug toward the brand's freelance contributors. “The brand and operation will undergo reorganization and restructuring in ...

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News: Book / Magazine

The News from Jazztimes: It's True

June 10, 2009

The following announcement is posted on the JazzTimes web site: Important Message From JazzTimes Management By JazzTimes To our readers and members of the jazz community: JazzTimes has temporarily suspended publication of the magazine and has furloughed the bulk of its staff while it finalizes a sale of its assets. The brand and ...

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News: Interview

Vocalist Faith Gibson Interviewed at AAJ

June 10, 2009

To Faith Gibson, vocal jazz has been a gift that life and time laid at her door step a few years ago, transforming her into a new, more confident and brilliantly delicate vocalist; whose voice became the instrument she chose to utilize to communicate to the world around her. Big Moon(Capricopia, 2009) is a compilation of ...

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News: Recording

Dream Theater Keyboardist, Jordan Rudess, Releases New Solo CD, Notes on a Dream

June 10, 2009

Dream Theater Keyboardist, Jordan Rudess, Releases New Solo CD, Notes On A Dream - Rudess Performs Solo Piano Versions of Some of Dream Theater's Favorite Ballads New York, New York: Critically acclaimed keyboard artist, and Dream Theater band member Jordan Rudess is proud to announce the release of his new solo CD, Notes on a Dream, ...

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News: Obituary

Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead of Lung Cancer

June 9, 2009

Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday. He was 69. Rankin died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Mack Avenue ...