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News: Performance / Tour

URB Alt Festival 2009 Boldy Goes Where No (Wo)Man Has Gone Before in NYC

June 2, 2009

New York, NY - The fourth annual URB ALT Festival presents the hippest of multi-cultural music/film/visual art at New York City's Public Assembly, Harlem School of the Arts and BAMcafe. The Village Voice says that “The URB ALT Festival features artists that are exemplars of boundary crossing, synthesis and unification." The eve of summer finds URB ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 25, 2009

June 2, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 7 One For All Return Of The Lineup (Sharp Nine) 258 240 +18 1 58 1 6 2 3 1 Diana Krall Quiet Nights (Verve) 224 225 -1 0 51 1 9 3 4 3 Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch) 208 178 +30 ...

News: Technology

Google to Enter E-Book Market

June 2, 2009

Google will begin offering electronic versions of mass-market books by the end of the year, according to a published report. The move would put Google into competition with Amazon as one of the leading vendors of electronic books, a trend Google has flirted with in the past, according to The New York Times. It's not known ...

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News: Technology

Amazon: Kindle DX Begins Shipping This Month

June 2, 2009

The Kindle DX will begin shipping to consumers in less than two weeks, the Internet retailer announced Monday. The exact date? June 10. Amazon launched the DX, a widescreen version of its e-book, in May. It is currently available for pre-order and all orders are prioritized on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to Amazon. The DX ...

News: Technology

Online Travel Agencies Kill Booking Fees, for Now

June 2, 2009

Fees charged by the four U.S. online travel agencies to book most flights could be a thing of the past as the companies, hungry for market share, try to make their offerings more appealing to the traveling public. Orbitz Worldwide on Monday said it has permanently removed airline ticket booking fees on domestic and international flights. ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Valaida Snow

June 2, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Valaida Snow's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Valaida SnowValaida Snow - vocalist, trumpet, recording artist (1903-1956) The tale of Valaida Snow is dramatic, a beautiful gifted entertainer, singer, dancer, arranger, and jazz trumpeter who succeeded against all odds... more Website ...

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News: Interview

Introducing a Belgian Jazz Ensemble

June 1, 2009

“What do elephants dream of? Tuba trunks being played full blast, bursts of sonorous modesty, squawking – wooded poetry – rustling skins, reverberating cords, imaginary dancers, pulsation, blow, rubbing, blow, breathe, blow, pauze. What do elephants dream of? Of the jungle, of course. Duke’s jungle? The DJs’? Ellington would never have abjured this dense, vital stickiness. ...

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News: Event

San Francisco-Jazz Jam Session!

June 1, 2009

The culturally under-represented Central Sunset District in San Francisco, California has a new music event, and it is jazz. Heralding a classic musical institution, the Uptime Jazz Group, along with Mocha 101 Cafe at 1722 Taraval Street, are hosting an open Jazz Jam Session every Saturday from 3:30 to 5:30pm. Players that attend should be in ...

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News: Website

125 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

June 1, 2009

The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 125 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs. The Upcoming Release Center is updated weekly and can be searched by artist, month of release, record label and type (reissue or new release). It is the most comprehensive new release listing for jazz music on the internet. ...

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News: Interview

Legendary Pianist Marian McPartland Interviewed at AAJ

June 1, 2009

Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...