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News: Recording

Lucky Thompson Long-Silent Jazzman

March 29, 2009

Mid-1960s music by Lucky Thompson has surfaced. The great saxophonist Lucky Thompson died in 2005, at 81. In musical terms his silence began much earlier: he gave his last known performances in the 1970s, after which he more or less disappeared, leading an itinerant life. (His outspoken disdain for the music business is often cited as ...

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News: Recording

Win 2 Free Tickets to Dori Caymmi's Concert & His New Album

March 29, 2009

Win Free Dori Caymmi Birdland Tickets & His New upcoming CD Album To celebrate BossaBrazil festival, MusicTaste will be giving away 2 FREE tickets to see popular Brazilian musician Dori Caymmi at Birdland in NYC. The winner will also be receiving a free copy of his upcoming new album which Caymmi is recording right now. To ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Brecker

March 29, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Michael Brecker's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Michael BreckerMichael Brecker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as ...

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News: Interview

Nguyen Lé Interview

March 28, 2009

This interview is part of the book project “under your skin" which includes Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Skip Mcdonald, Erika Stucky, Living Colour, Rhonda Smith, Dj Rob Swift, Marilyn Crispell, ...

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News: Festival

JazzBoston's Jazz Week '09, Set for Apr. 25-May 3, Will Feature More Than 200 Events in 75 Locations

March 28, 2009

JazzBoston’s Jazz Week '09 Celebrates Boston Scene’s Staggering Stylistic Diversity Nine Days of Music Answer Question Posed by 2009 Theme: What's Your Jazz? Mayors Thomas M. Menino of Boston, E. Denise Simmons of Cambridge Officially Proclaim April 25 – May 3 “Jazz Week” What’s your jazz? Music lovers all across the Greater Boston area will get ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Lisa Simone

March 28, 2009

One of the most exciting new singers I've heard in some time is Lisa Simone, daughter of one of America's most impassioned vocalists, Nina Simone. Known simply as Simone, the 46-year-old artist has just released her first full-length album, a stunning tribute to her mother. Rather than simply mimic Nina's style and outrage, Simone has produced ...

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News: Recording

JazzLoft.com - Weekly New Arrivals

March 28, 2009

JAZZLOFT.COM - Weekly New Arrivals Nels Cline / Jim McAuley / Rod Poole Acoustic Guitar Trio: Vignes (Long Song) Price: $15.95 Sophia Domancich Pentacle (Sketch) Price: $16.95 La Part des Anges (Gemini) Price: $16.95 Lee Konitz

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News: TV / Film

BIRD Captures Charlie Parker

March 28, 2009

I've seen two documentaries about Charlie Parker recently, but I haven't seen a lot of Parker. In an age when archives are filled with newsreel footage and videotape on even the most obscure of public figures, Parker seems always to have been somewhere else when the cameras were on. There is a shot of him accepting ...

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News: Technology

Will Labels Use or Abuse iTunes Variable Pricing?

March 28, 2009

Following months of lobbying by the major labels, the iTunes store will add variable pricing on April 7th. Tracks will be priced at $.69, $.99 and $1.29. There”s been no official word as to which downloads will be sold as various price points, but presumably some older catalog will be reduced in price; ...

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News: Technology

Why Are We Still Debating Free?

March 28, 2009

On Friday morning I dashed off a Daily DIY “Understanding The Value Of Free“ which urged indie artists to remember the power of sometimes giving their music away and included a year old clip of Wired's Chris Andersen whose book on “Free" comes out in July. Almost instantly, a flurry of comments began that keep on ...