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News: Recording

Sheet Music Plus Offering 20% Discounts on Aebersold Jazz, Music Minus One Book/CD Sets

April 7, 2009

Sheet Music Plus is having its annual Play Along Sale, with 20% discounts on more than 7000 book/CD sets, including all titles from Music Minus One and Jamey Aebersold Jazz. Play alongs include sheet music and an accompaniment recording, and are available for a variety of instruments in many genres.The sale ends April 30, ...

News: Recording

Neil Young's 'Fork in the Road'

April 7, 2009

“There's a bailout coming, but it's not for you," Neil Young laments in the title track from Fork in the Road, a crackling travelogue that in some ways could be viewed as his version of Twitter. This in-the-moment dispatch from the mercurial rocker was clearly inspired by his LincVolt project, in which he's converting a gas-guzzling ...

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News: Recording

Remastered Beatles Catalog Coming in September

April 7, 2009

The Beatles' entire catalog of studio recordings will be reissued in September, fully remastered after years of clamoring from fans for upgraded versions of the group's recorded legacy, the Fab Four's label announced today. The new versions will be issued on CD, but the announcement said plans for digital distribution were still going on. The Beatles ...

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News: Technology

AP to Aggregators: We Will Sue You

April 7, 2009

The Associated Press board voted Monday to “pursue legal and legislative actions" against aggregators who use content without permission, a new shot across the bow of internet news sites in the war over how little use is “fair use." The AP named no potential targets, yet speculation immediately turned to Google. While the search giant pays ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Simon & Garfunkel Confirm Aussie Tour

April 7, 2009

Rock Daily reported last month on speculation that a Simon and Garfunkel tour would kick off in New Zealand, and today sources confirmed the duo will embark on a reunion trek of Australia and New Zealand. According to Pollstar, so far a June 13th date has been booked at the Vector Arena in Auckland, followed by ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Freddie Hubbard

April 7, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Freddie Hubbard's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Freddie HubbardFrederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American jazz trumpeter. In his youth, Hubbard associated with various musicians in Indianapolis, including Wes Montgomery and Montgomery\'s brothers... more ...

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News: Interview

Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin Interviewed at AAJ

April 6, 2009

The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Some jazz was played in the U.S.S.R. since before World War II. Even during the height of the Cold War, ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the Origin Records "Hal Galper/Reggie Workman/Rashied Ali -- Art-Work" Giveaway!

April 6, 2009

Alex Coke, Lenny Mazel, Timothy Selig, Daniel Ace and Holly Parrish, Congratulations! You're the winners of the Origin Records Hal Galper/Reggie Workman/Rashied Ali Art-Work giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Origin Records for more jazz releases. Your Friends ...

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News: Recording

Bobby Hutcherson: Total Eclipse

April 6, 2009

Before fusion began suffocating jazz, before oversized sunglasses and tight bell-bottoms became popular stage dress, and before jazz lost its curves, there was Bobby Hutcherson. In the late 1960s, the vibraphonist picked up where Wayne Shorter left off, developing a sensual modal sound that resonated with spiritual awakening and depth. One of his finest albums as ...

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News: Music Industry

Harry Meets Frank: Sweet Lorraine

April 6, 2009

While it's common knowledge that Frank Sinatra idolized Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and other jazz artists, he sadly recorded with too few of them in the 1940s. Much of this neglect was due to the image Columbia fashioned for him, his marathon schedule, and corporate fears and racism. Like film-industry movie stars of the period, top ...