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News: Technology

Mobile Music: Band Geeks Play iPhones, Not Instruments

April 15, 2009

Once upon a time, orchestras required instruments. Then computers reproduced the sounds of symphonies. Now, band geeks are playing iPhones. Stanford University's newest ensemble is called MoPhO, short for Mobile Phone Orchestra. Its conductor, Ge Wang, is a veteran of Princeton's Laptop Orchestra (see issue 14.04) and is obsessed with making electronic music as mobile as ...

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News: Obituary

Wally Marks Delevoper Made Room for the Jazz Bakery

April 15, 2009

Wally Marks, whose family real estate firm helped develop Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade and preserve the Helms Bakery building, has died. He was 78. Marks, who was also a philanthropist and human rights activist, died Monday of cancer at his West Los Angeles home, said his wife, Suzy. In 1956, his father founded the Beverly ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Lotus/Pgroove | 03.27.09 | Vermont

April 15, 2009

By: Kevin Schwartzbach Lotus/Perpetual Groove :: 03.27.09 :: Higher Ground :: Burlington, VT Lotus :: 03.27 :: VT by Schwartzbach Religious experience comes in many forms. There are those that believe this type of experience is only possible via one of the world's many ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Zigaboo, Moore, Batiste: Cometh

April 15, 2009

The Drummers Cometh With Zigaboo Modeliste, Stanton Moore and Russell Batiste Jr. The Drummers Cometh Sunday May 3, 11 p.m. Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA Zigaboo Modeliste The Drummers Cometh, founded by Joseph “Zigaboo" Modeliste, is a collective of New Orleans drummers. For the inaugural show in 2005, ...

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News: Recording

Larry McDonald: 1st Solo Album

April 15, 2009

Legendary Reggae Drummer Larry McDonald Releases First Solo Album Of 40-Year Career Drumquestra Out 6/2 On MCPR Music, Features Toots Hibbert “Head Over Heels" Single Featuring Dollarman Out 4/7 Larry McDonald Jamaican percussion master and legendary reggae sideman Larry McDonald will release his album Drumquestra, the first solo record of his four-decade ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Bret Primack (Part 2)

April 15, 2009

For years, Bret Primack has been pioneering a relatively new web format known as the jazz video podcast. For those who don't know what this term means, video podcasts are short clips that can be viewed on the web at any time. Whether print people like it or not, in the coming years video will play ...

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News: Festival

Medeski Martin and Wood, Fareed Haque to Perform in St. Louis This Weekend at Loyal Earth Festival

April 15, 2009

Although the Loyal Earth Festival 2009 scheduled for this weekend in St. Louis will feature primarily musicians identified with the jam-band scene, the event also will include some acts of interest to jazz fans.Billed as “5 Days of Music & Art to Celebrate Our Planet," it's being produced by local promoters Loyal Family and ...

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News: Recording

George Harrisons Career-Spanning Greatest Hits out June 16th

April 15, 2009

George Harrisons first-ever career-spanning greatest hits collection will be released on June 16th. The announcement of Let It Roll: The Music of George Harrison comes just hours after the Beatles guitarist posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles today, April 14th. The compilation will feature songs from throughout Harrisons career, ...

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News: Event

Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks, Eric Idle, Tom Petty Salute George Harrison

April 15, 2009

Paul McCartney topped the star-studded turnout Tuesday in Hollywood for the unveiling of a Walk of Fame star for his former Fab Four band mate George Harrison. The ceremony that also drew such celebrity friends and admirers as Tom Hanks, Tom Petty, Eric Idle, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh, T-Bone Burnett and Harrison’s widow, Olivia, and their ...

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News: Recording

Brooklyn's East West Quintet Releases New CD, Vast

April 15, 2009

East West Quintet - don't be fooled by the name. This genre-bending ensemble from Brooklyn, NY is more likely to rock than to swing, utilizes both acoustic and electronic instruments, and is commonly found performing with not five but six band members. Formed in 2003 as a hard-bop ensemble in the mold of the Cannonball Adderley ...