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News: Festival

Summer Music Festivals Span Indie Rock, Blues and Beyond

Summer Music Festivals Span Indie Rock, Blues and Beyond

It takes more than big-name artists to throw a great music festival. While well-established festivals such as Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza have gained popularity over the years, others have either underwhelmed (the much-hyped revival of Lilith Fair) or fallen by the wayside (All Points West), despite impressive lineups. On the other end of the spectrum, niche festivals ...

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News: Recording

Joined at the Hip/ Pinetop Perkins and Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith

Joined at the Hip/  Pinetop Perkins and Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith

“Walking Down the Highway" is one of the treasures from Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes" Smith's new album Joined at the Hip. They have 170 years of living-legend status between them. Go Walking Down the Highway with Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes" Smith. “Walking Down the Highway," Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes" Smith ...

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News: Technology

iPhone 4 + Glitchy Launch = Huge Demand Anyway

iPhone 4 + Glitchy Launch = Huge Demand Anyway

Apple has taken orders for more than half a million next-gen iPhones despite numerous website errors and two AT&T security glitches exposing customers personal data. Now that's impressive. Many customers itching for an iPhone 4 this week reported server failures when they attempted to pre-order the handset. In some instances, customers were even erroneously logged into ...

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News: Technology

Why Didn't Apple Anticipate the iPhone 4 Frenzy?

Why Didn't Apple Anticipate the iPhone 4 Frenzy?

When Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) began accepting early orders for the new iPhone on Tuesday, Jon Rifenburg was on his computer at 6 a.m. to be among the first to reserve a phone. He was one of the lucky ones. So many folks jammed Apple and AT&T websites and customer service phone lines that by ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Sue Raney

Jazz Musician of the Day: Sue Raney

All About Jazz is celebrating Sue Raney's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Sue RaneySue Raney has one of the most beautiful voices in music. She is always in-tune, displays complete control over her vibrato... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Sue Raney ...

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News: Festival

'Tis the Season: My NYMag Jazz Fest Picks

June is jazz season in New York. Last weekend's Undead Jazzfest made nearly literal the figurative term “jazz marathon." It was sweaty, exhausting, and often exhilarating. Rushing to five gigs at three venues in less than five hours gave me the improvised music spectator's equivalent of runner's high. (Ratliff had an excellent breakdown at the Times. ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "Grover Washington, Jr. - Grover Live" Giveaway Contest

Enter the  "Grover Washington, Jr. - Grover Live" Giveaway Contest

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the G Man Productions “Grover Washington, Jr.--Grover Live“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 18th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Grover Washington, Jr. at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About ...

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News: Website

All About Jazz Musician Database Tops 24,000 Profiles

The All About Jazz Musician Center is growing by the day and has just eclipsed 24,000 musician profiles. AAJ profiles work a little like Wikipedia, where musicians, fans, industry folks can create and maintain them. Most of the profiles are created by an individual, but we now create skeleton profiles from CD reviews and calendar date ...

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News: Obituary

Remembering Bill Dixon: 1925-2010

Remembering Bill Dixon: 1925-2010

By Ben Young Trumpeter and composer Bill Dixon died June 16th at his home in North Bennington, Vermont after a two-year illness. He was 84 years old. Dixon was a revered and idiosyncratic figure in the avant-garde of Jazz music, and a creative force who strived at all times to place the music in ever more ...

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News: TV / Film

"Treme's" Unique Star: New Orleans

The music, the food, the culture, the disasters. The show brings the Big Easy to life in a natural, jazzy way. Shooting has just wrapped for the season on HBO's “Treme," and Khandi Alexander is packing up, trying to fit Zulu parade coconuts and Mardis Gras beads into her boxes along with an overflow of bittersweet ...


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