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Levi's Pioneer Sessions: Raphael Saadiq Covers the Spinners + MP3
Levis Pioneer Sessions keeps rolling out more recreations of classic hits, this time with Giant Step favorite Raphael Saadiq covering Its a Shame by The Spinners, the legendary Detroit ensemble. When Tony! Toni! Tone!'s Raphael Saadiq went solo, his goal was to modernize R&B without cutting ties with its past, creating complex tunes that honored Motown ...
Pat O'Leary's Nightingale
If you had asked me, a few months ago, to tell you all I knew about Patrick O'Leary, I would have said, “Wonderful bass player--a real melodic sensibility and strong time--and an extraordinary jazz cellist. Witty fellow, a good sort." And I would have directed you to some of the videos I've taken at The Ear ...
Guitarist Peter Douskalis Debut Solo Releases "The Dance of the Sea"
Peter Douskalis - The Dance of the Sea (Shenandoah, 2009) Now on sale at: amazon.com, CDBaby.com, and Guitar Nine Records “While he is a melodic player, Douskalis sometimes emulates an orchestra and pulls it off. Melody, harmony, bass lines all interact logically, sometimes making it sound as if more than one guitarist is on the CD." ...
Joao Gilberto Concert at Carnegie Hall Canceled
Because of international travel restrictions, the Joao Gilberto concert at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night as part of the CareFusion Jazz Festival has been canceled. George Wein, the producer of the festival, said in a statement: I am heartbroken over this unfortunate situation. Joao Gilberto is one of the most important musical artists of our ...
The Future of Location Data
Data about the geographic locations of people and things will in the near-term future become a massive flow of sensor, satellite and citizen input made freely available to developers through government and other collaboration programs. It will be available in real time, to and from mobile devices, and be machine processed to pick out objects and ...
Sound Gets 3D Upgrade
Mixers and theaters alike moving ahead with upgrades. Iosono's Brian Slack, whose multispeaker system delivers so-called 7.1 sound, calls 5.1. one-dimensional. It's long been a rule of thumb that as moving images improve, sound has to improve with them. And love it or hate it, there's no denying that 3D adds visual information to a projected ...
Improvisational and Atmospheric Dialogues: A Tribute to an Avant-Gardist
The avant-garde composer and multireedist Anthony Braxton had plenty of words for his admirers at Le Poisson Rouge on Friday night, when it was officially his turn to take the stage. He talked about the striving of noncommercial artists. He referred to “geopolitical dynamics," adding that the world was still full of “men and women of ...
First RIAA File Sharing Trial Morphs into Groundhog Day
In a bid two avoid a third trial after two mistrials the Minnesota federal judge presiding over the 4-year-old Jammie Thomas-Rasset case wants the Recording Industry Association of American and the defendant to negotiate a settlement. But, as Thomas-Rasset's attorney, Joe Sibley, said in a telephone interview Monday, a settlement is not likely to happen. The ...
You've Got Web-Based Gmail
In the world of mobile devices and slate computers, the difference between a downloadable application and Web application is increasingly blurring. In many cases the two can look strikingly similar, using homogeneous design and interaction techniques. Sometimes the Web version of applications can also outdo a downloadable equivalent. Google hopes to push that boundary even further ...
Bloomberg, WGA West Come Out Against, DGA for Comcast - NBC Deal
Bloomberg LP has officially come out against the merger of cable conglomerate Comcast Corp. with entertainment giant NBC Universal. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, Bloomberg, the financial news service company, warned that a combination of Comcast, the nation's largest broadband and cable provider, with NBC Universal is bad news. ...
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