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News: Technology

Palm Pre's Launch a Plus for Tech Industry

June 5, 2009

It's no iPhone-killer, but the launch this weekend of Palm Inc's “Pre" could well become the brightest event this year for a gloomy industry. Palm Inc's smartphone may not attract lines around the block like past Apple Inc iPhone launches. But its launch will be seen as a badly needed shot of adrenaline for Palm and ...

News: Interview

Interview: Hank O'Neal (Part 1)

June 5, 2009

If you know Hank O'Neal, you're lucky. Hank is among the most powerful and prudent behind-the-scenes forces in jazz today, and certainly one of the most creative and prolific. A photographer and author of more than a half dozen books on jazz and photography, Hank also has produced more than 100 jazz festivals and is founder ...

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News: Music Industry

Her Husband Behind Bars, Spector's Wife Breaks Silence

June 5, 2009

Rachelle Spector, 28, scoffs at the notion that she's a gold digger, saying she's devoted to her role as the spokeswoman for the producer's cause and chief financial officer of his music empire. Rachelle Spector arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel with one French-manicured hand gripping a hot pink BlackBerry. “I never know when ...

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News: Recording

Bay Area Bassist & Composer Edo Castro Announces Third CD: Sacred Graffiti

June 5, 2009

“This is one of the most beautiful bass solo pieces I've ever heard. I can't believe I hadn't heard of Edo before. Where have I been?” - You Tube Fan after viewing “Rain” written and performed by Edo Castro. June 5, 2009 - Passion Star Records' artist Edo Castro has been in studio recording his current ...

News: Technology

Palm Launches the Pre Smartphone

June 5, 2009

The wait is over. The Palm Pre goes on sale this Saturday, June 6th. The Pre is $199.99 with a two-year Sprint contract and a $100 mail-in rebate. Barring shortages, you'll be able to pick one up at a Sprint retail store, Best Buy, Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, or online. But will the Pre be the device ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Richard Bliwas at Plan B (NYC) on June 15th

June 5, 2009

Please join us Monday night June 15th at 8:00 for a great night of creative improvised music at Plan B located at 339 E. 10th st. (around the corner from Charlie Parker Place) featuring Ben Sher, Daniel Carter, Yuuki Koike, Richard Bliwas, Kazuo Nakamura + guest artists. Admission is $5. Drink specials: $4 pints, ...

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News: Recording

Visionsound Releases "World Rising" by Keyboardist Ben Dowling

June 5, 2009

All-Star Jazz Music of the Future with Echoes of the Past Los Angeles, CA - World Rising, to be released by Visionsound on August 11, is a powerful production from keyboardist Ben Dowling featuring a cast of famous friends from the jazz, funk and world music spheres. Notable contributions come from Mindi Abair, Luis Conte, Will ...

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News: Obituary

David Carradine Dies at 72; Star of 'Kung Fu'

June 5, 2009

Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok, where he was working on a movie. A Thai newspaper indicates he committed suicide. David Carradine, who became a TV icon in the early 1970s starring as an enigmatic Buddhist monk with a flair for martial arts in “Kung Fu" and more recently played the head ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Turiya Mareya Latin Jazz Ensemble Live in Israel

June 5, 2009

Pianist Turiya Mareya will head a group of Israeli, Mexican and Italian artists in a summer tour of Israel. Starting in Tel Aviv at the Shablul Jazz Club and the popular Venue Levontin 7. the group will continue on to the Baraka Jazz Club in Beer Shiva and the Mizpte Ramon Jazz Club. The ...

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News: Obituary

Sam Butera 1950s-'60s Tenor Saxophonist with Louis Prima Dies

June 5, 2009

Tenor sax player Sam Butera joined up with Louis Prima -- a fellow New Orleans native of Italian heritage -- in 1954, and for almost two decades they recorded hit albums for Capitol Records, were nightclub fixtures from Las Vegas to New York and appeared in movies and on television. He was best known for his ...