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News: Music Industry

Mill Valley's Sweetwater May Reopen as Nonprofit Venue

June 1, 2009

Storefront slated to be the new Sweetwater in Mill Valley. The owners are in talks to turn the club into a nonprofit organization similar to 142 Throckmorton Theatre. I had the pleasure of speaking to a community group last week about Marin's rock history. Afterward, the first question from the audience was about Sweetwater. What's going ...

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News: Music Industry

Music Industry Sees Nightclubs as a New Source of Revenue

June 1, 2009

PARIS: In Australia, every nightclub-goer is now a lucrative V.I.P. to the music industry, at least. To pump music out to their dance floors, Australian clubs used to have to pay record companies and artists a nominal 7 Australian cents in royalties per guest, per night. Under a recent copyright settlement, that rate has risen to ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #60: Mike Melito

June 1, 2009

Listen While not a household name, Mike Melito is well known to many jazz musicians , having played with everyone from James Moody and Benny Golson to Joe Locke and Rachel Z. Melito is based in Rochester, NY, and he made the decision early on to stay in his hometown and build his career there. His ...

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News: Festival

Playboy Jazz Festival June 13

June 1, 2009

Hugh Hefner talks fest and all that jazz. The 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival takes place this month at the renowned Hollywood Bowl. Got tickets? Another stellar lineup of jazz greats and up-and-comers will take the stage June 13th and 14th at the scenic venue, delivering a mix of standards, soft jazz, Latin rhythm, blues, R&B, ...

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News: Education

Donal Fox Named Visting Artist at MIT

June 1, 2009

COMPOSER-PIANIST DONAL FOX AND WRITER-ACTOR RICARDO PITTS-WILEY NAMED MARTIN LUTHER KING VISITING ARTISTS AT MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Composer-pianist Donal Fox and writer-actor Ricardo Pitts-Wiley have been named Martin Luther King Visiting Artists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 2009-2010 academic year. Established in 1995, MLK Program participants are appointed for their contributions to ...

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News: Technology

Alt Text: Beware Nebulous Internet Disease

June 1, 2009

CDC NOTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning of a sharp rise in an affliction its calling Nebulous Internet Disease, or NID. This is the first disease actually transmitted over the internet. Through as-yet-unknown means, NID is transmitted directly over data lines, into computers and from ...

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News: Music Industry

West Valley Jazz Orchestra Renamed San Jose Jazz Orchestra

June 1, 2009

San Jose Jazz and West Valley Jazz announced a collaboration to provide enhanced performance and education programs to music fans throughout Silicon Valley. As part of the collaboration, the West Valley Jazz Orchestra will be renamed the 'San Jose Jazz Orchestra' and will continue under the leadership of Artistic Director, Gus Kambeitz. San Jose Jazz will ...

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News: Music Industry

56 Years of Rust: Pell Rescues Prez's Horn

June 1, 2009

The following article appeared in the Fall, 2008, issue of the British magazine, Jazz Review. By Doug Ramsey Lester Young drew on Louis Armstrong, Frank Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke and his own genius to create one of the most personal styles in music. In the 1930s he provided an evolutionary step between Armstrong and Charlie ...

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News: Video / DVD

Lester Young, 1950

June 1, 2009

For a project connected with his Jazz At The Philarmonic operation, the impresario Norman Granz filmed Lester Young with trombonist Bill Harris, Pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Buddy Rich. Although they bypass the melody, the piece is “Pennies From Heaven." For decades, there has been speculation, but no proof, that because of technical ...

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News: Recording

Primordial Jazz Funktet Announces Release of First CD, 'We Are Here"

June 1, 2009

JUNE 1, 2009 (New York, NY) The Jazz Funktet announces the release of its first CD, Are Here, now available at iTunes and CDBaby. The band is organized by pianist and composer, Dan Furman, and includes the popular hiphop artist Maya Azucena and jazz saxophonist Joel Frahm. The Primordial Jazz Funktet began in Atlanta, GA and ...