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News: Festival

Seattle Times: At Bellevue Jazz Fest, Fine Music Overcomes Settings

May 26, 2009

Audiences obliged the second Bellevue Jazz Festival, showing up in respectable and consistent numbers over Memorial Day weekend in venues large and small — making an encouraging case for the state of jazz patronage on the Eastside and in Greater Seattle. Designed to be a big, high impact, civic ritual befitting a burgeoning metropolis, the three-day ...

News: Music Industry

Happy Birthday Miles and Dylan

May 26, 2009

TWO BIGGIES WITH BIRTHS WORTH CELEBRATING Bob Dylan turned 68 yesterday, and if he were still with us Miles Davis would be 83-years-old tomorrow. In many, many respects this pair represents two archetypal trajectories for musicians, their work offering myriad, ever-shifting lessons about life and how to shape it into notes. As such, we wanted to ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jacob Fred: Summer Tour

May 26, 2009

JFJO HEADS WEST THEN EVERYWHERE AS WEATHER TURNS WARMER Mistah Haas Evolution defines the spirit of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. Greater than the sum of its parts, JFJO is hitting new creative peaks in an already historic 15-year career. Founding pianist Brian Haas and drummer Josh Raymer with new members lap steel guitarist Chris ...

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News: Recording

Bob Dylan:Together Through Life

May 26, 2009

By: Ron Hart “My band plays a different type of music than anybody else," Bob Dylan recently proclaimed in an excellent interview with Douglas Brinkley for the cover story of the May 14, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone. “I don't think you'll hear what I do ever again." This is the statement that journalist Douglas Wolk ...

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News: Recording

Easy Star All-Stars:Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band

May 26, 2009

By: Dennis Cook This is a real delight. The third reinvention from the Easy Star All-Stars carries the sunny effervescence of classic '60s reggae, true roots of roots music stuff, where Jamaican moods meet English/American radio pop and the two share a flavorful cup of tea. Despite their sacrosanct nature to many, particularly as regards Sgt. ...

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News: Recording

Brandon Burrows: Moving People with His Voice

May 26, 2009

Moving people with his voice: Brandon Burrows releases debut album 14-year-old R&B-pop crooner recorded On The Move with prominent musicians Despite being only 14 years-old, Brandon Burrows is already planning to follow a different path instead of going into the family business that is four generations-old. Today's release of his debut album, On The Move, the ...

News: Recording

Beastie Boys Complete 'Hot Sauce Committee' Album

May 26, 2009

The Beastie Boys revealed the title of their forthcoming album in an email message delivered to fans today (May 25). “Our new record that is coming out that we finished the other day is called HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE," the group's note reads. The band will appear on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" tonight, and promise “to ...

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News: Recording

The Dom Minasi String Quartet

May 26, 2009

Konstrukt Records and Dom Minasi are proud to announce a new recording by the Dom Minasi String Quartet Dissonance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder Featuring: Dom Minasi: nylon string guitar Jason Kao Hwang: violin Tomas Ulrich: cello Ken Filiano: Contrabass ...

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News: Education

NYC Summer Saxophone Workshops, Presented by New York Jazz Academy, Now Enrolling Students

May 26, 2009

NEW YORK CITY -- The New York Jazz Academy, the city's newest music school, will soon be opening its doors, and is now accepting summer and fall 2009 registration inquiries from all interested parents and students. The New York Jazz Academy 2009 Summer Saxophone Workshops, open to aspiring saxophonists, ages 11-19, are offered the weeks of ...

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News: Recording

Gary Husband in 'Triptych, Part 2: Alexander Shulgin's Songbook'

May 26, 2009

This is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of part two of Alexander Shulgin's Songbook, Triptych. Producer Richard Niles and multi-instrumentalist Gary Husband discuss what it was like creating part two of Alexander Shulgin's instrumental album. “Atmosphere is a key word for me in my musical endeavor, ...