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News: Festival

Jazzfest Regina 2009 Features Mose Allison Trio, Hugh Fraser and Veji

April 18, 2009

SASKATCHEWAN CANADA - At a press conference today at the Regina Inn, the Regina Jazz Society announced that JazzFest Regina 2009 will feature two legendary artists and their groups as the first two headliner acts for its inaugural festival. Jazz and blues pianist and singer, Mose Allison, who has played and recorded with jazz greats Stan ...

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News: Recording

Bob Dylan Reinvents Himself (Again)

April 18, 2009

For more than four decades, Bob Dylan's following has resembled both rapt children behind the Pied Piper and hellhounds on his trail. They can take any new direction in his work as a revelation or a personal affront. During a 1966 concert in Manchester, England, one fan's devotion to the early recordings with acoustic guitar moved ...

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News: Obituary

Clement Freud Sigmund's Grandson, Writer, Politician, Radio Figure Dies

April 18, 2009

Clement Freud, 84, a grandson of Sigmund Freud who became a well- known writer, politician and urbane regular on British radio, died Wednesday at his home in London. Freud was best known from his three decades appearing on the BBC game show “Just a Minute," in which panelists compete to see who can talk the longest ...

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News: TV / Film

Pete Kelly's Blues

April 18, 2009

First-time viewers of Pete Kelly's Blues are often impressed by its dynamic, directional stereophonic audio. The Warner Sound Department concocted a particular method of recording their orchestra that gave their music tracks more brass and more bite, whether on a big picture or a Bugs Bunny cartoon. The movie is a visual treat as well. It ...

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News: Technology

Court Bars RIAA Trial Webcast

April 18, 2009

A federal appeals court on Thursday barred the webcasting of a live courtroom proceedings of a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing trial. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the Massachusetts trial judge that authorized the webcast was “palpably incorrect" in concluding that streaming coverage of the case was allowed in that ...

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News: Technology

Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music

April 18, 2009

To hear some tell it, file sharing gutted the music industry by encouraging people to gorge themselves on free, illegal content. Indeed, unless Friday's landmark verdict against The Pirate Bay is overturned, four Swedes will spend a year in jail and owe millions of dollars to entertainment companies for operating a file sharing network. Nonetheless, sites ...

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News: Recording

Susanne Alt Quartet New CD Release: On Track!

April 18, 2009

Like on the other 2 cds, all compositions are written by the band itself. Special guests are Fred Wesley, trombone-player and ex-band leader of James Brown. Because Fred Wesley enjoyed the recordings with Susanne Alt in the summer of 2008, so he invited her back this February for a little tour with his own band through ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs Starring Barbara Morrison Held over to May 16th

April 18, 2009

Howlin Blues and Dirty Dogs about the life and times of legendary blues singer Big Mama Thornton has been held over by popular demand beyond April 12th and will run until May 16th at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood. Starring blues and jazz vocalist Barbara Morrison as Thornton, the play includes music, dancing, comedy and ...

News: Music Industry

Paul Williams to Lead ASCAP

April 18, 2009

Multihyphenate Paul Williams has been elected chairman and prexy of the songwriters rights org ASCAP. Williams will succeed Marilyn Bergman, who announced her resignation as after 15 years at the helm of ASCAP earlier this month. Williams, who has been an ASCAP board member for the past eight years and vice chairman for two years, was ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Hal Galper

April 18, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Hal Galper's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Hal GalperWith over 82 recordings to his credit, 20 as a leader in his own right, pianist, composer, publisher, educator, author and touring artist, Hal Galper is best known for his work with Chet Baker, ...