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News: Award / Grant

A Big Night for Broadway, and Especially for Billy

June 8, 2009

Broadway productions with roots in the London theater dominated the 63rd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, with Billy Elliot winning best musical and nine other awards and God of Carnage picking up honors for best play, best director and best actress. While several categories were unusually competitive this year because of the large number of strong ...

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News: Technology

Apple Debuts Aggressively Priced iPhone 3GS, Macbooks

June 8, 2009

Apple on Monday delivered several major announcements at rapid fire, including iPhone and MacBook upgrades, significant price cuts and an in-depth look at its next-generation operating system. The most anticipated announcement was that of the iPhone 3GS smartphone, the successor to Apples popular iPhone 3G. The S stands for speed, referring to the performance boost of ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #61: Lisa Sokolov

June 8, 2009

Listen Lisa Sokolov is not like any singer you've ever heard before, and she is certainly one you need to hear. In this interview, Sokolov talks about what singing is and how shes arrived at her unique approach to performance and arranging. She also talks about A Quiet Thing, writing haiku in her sleep, and the ...

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News: Festival

30 Years at the Heart of Jazz

June 8, 2009

The free outdoor program of the 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 30 years at the heart of jazz Montreal, Monday, June 8, 2009 - For its 30th birthday, the Festival International de Jazz de Montral, presented by General Motors of Canada in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, is giving out the ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Dave Pell (Part 1)

June 8, 2009

Dave Pell is one of the founding fathers of West Coast jazz. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1944, Pell played on Bob Crosby's radio show and freelanced, joining Les Brown's band in 1947. In the years that followed Dave became one of California's most prolific studio musicians and ensemble leaders, forming a popular octet from ...

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News: Technology

Pirate Party Wins EU Parliament Seat

June 8, 2009

Christian Engstrm will assume the EU Pirate Party seat this fall Swedens Pirate Party won a seat in the European Union Parliament, swept in Sunday amid outrage over a new copyright law and the convictions of the four founders of The Pirate Bay. The party, formed to protest copyright law, took 7.1 percent of votes in ...

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News: Technology

Live Blog: Apples Worldwide Developers Conference 2009

June 8, 2009

They're playing that annoying song on the iPhone theres an app for that commercials. They're telling us to turn off our cellphones and paging devices. The conference will begin in a few minutes! Were seated and Apple is welcoming us to the event. The crowd applauds. Dimming the lights. Were starting! 10:18am Were really ...

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News: Festival

Django Reinhardt Festival

June 8, 2009

For the 30th time, the Django Reinhardt Festival will take place from the 25th to 28th June, 2009 in Samois-sur-Seine, near Paris, France. As always, it will welcome well-known artists as well as new ones to discover: this year, Avishai Cohen, Yuri Buenaventura, Diego El Cigala, Shantel, Norig, Romane and many others. The programme is thus ...

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News: Website

AAJ Celebrates Steve Lehman's New Release with Two Reviews and a Free Download

June 8, 2009

Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman's Travail, Transformation, and Flow is his most fully-realized album to date. AAJ is celebrating the June 9, 2009 release of his new octet album with two reviews and a free downloadable MP3 track from the album: Read Mark F. Turner's insightful review, up at AAJ today; Download “Echoes," the opening track on ...

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News: Interview

Pianist Ran Blake Interviewed at AAJ

June 8, 2009

If you close your eyes while listening to Ran Blake's Driftwoods (Tompkins Square, 2009), you may find yourself transported into the grainy, low-key black and white world of a 1940s or '50s classic noir film. Try to leave the theater and something quietly, without much fanfare draws you back into the story. This is the music ...