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John Lennon's 70th Birthday Concert by Fab Faux at Radio City Music Hall 9/25
John Lennon's 70th Birthday to be Celebrated at Radio City Music Hall by The Fab Faux A Night In The Life" is Confirmed for September 25th - Two Sets of John Lennon's Greatest Music From The Beatles and His Solo Career Portion of Evening's Proceeds to Benefit John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 'Spirit Foundation' On September ...
Chris Washburne and the Syotos Band 20th Anniversary and Record Release Party!
Be part of the longest running Latin gig in NYC! Next week is a very special one for the SYOTOS band as they are celebrating their 20th anniversary as well as the release of your fifth recording on Jazzheads records ("Fields of Moons"). We would like to invite you to come and celebrate with us.They will ...
Recent Listening: Charlap and Rosnes
Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes, Double Portrait (Blue Note). When Charlap and Rosnes married in 2007, it was logical to expect that an album of duets would follow. Now, it's here, the collaboration of two of the most complete pianists in any genre of music. Considerations of domestic compatibility aside, piano duos that involve improvisation demand ...
Trust and the Social Consumer
If you subscribe to the concept that (at least sometimes) the band is a brand and the fan is at their core a consumer, there is something to be learned from the new Nielson Consumer 360 study. Consumers expect brands to be listening," Pete Blackshaw, Nielson EVP of Digital Strategic Services concluded in summing up the ...
Arnett Cobb: The Eely One
Back before electric guitarists were down on their knees in stadiums playing competing rock solos, tough tenors roamed the planet. And in the 1950s and early 1960s, tenor saxophonists were plenty tough and competitive. Most came out of the r&b experience of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Hot r&b bands of the day included ones ...
Interview: Lou Donaldson (Part 1)
Lou Donaldson helped invent two major jazz movements. In 1952, he led a Blue Note recording that became one of the earliest hard bop sessions. The date included Blue Mitchell, Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Art Blakey. Seven months later he recorded with trumpeter Clifford Brown. Then in 1957, Lou began recording a series of albums ...
Ernest "Ernie" Ranglin in Demand at 78
Ernest 'Ernie" Ranglin O.D, Jamaica's legendary guitarist who pioneered Jamaica's fertile reggae and ska scene of the late 1950s and early '60s and who's celebrated for his fluent and versatile guitar style, coupled with his arrangement skills is in constant demand at 78 (June 19. In recent years, Ernest Ranglin has gone back to ...
Live Nation's Stock Drop 16% Due to Concert Cancellations
Concert touring giant Live Nation, a Wall Street darling for much of the past year as it far outperformed the S&P 500 index, has hit some sour notes of late. Widespread reports of a poor summer concert season -- including high-profile cancellations, poor ticket sales and the move by the company to drop its $13 per ...
Calgary Jazz Festival Cancelled
Rather than kicking off today, the cash-strapped Calgary Jazz Festival has been cancelled, leaving hundreds of ticket-holders waiting for refunds and the future of the event uncertain. The decision to shut down the festival came after a six-hour emergency meeting called by organizers on Saturday, during which board members allege financial mismanagement meant they were going ...
Hollywood Bowl Summer Season Opens
People don't come to the annual Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and Opening Night concert expecting to hear, say, an entire symphony or a complete set by their favorite pop star. Or at least they shouldn't by now. The Hall of Fame concert is supposed to be like a platter of musical hors doeuvres, an event ...

