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MCG Jazz Launches New Rhiza Folio Website About Jazz
From the filing cabinet to the web: Nation's jazz archives go online By Maryl Curran Widdows Imagine easy online access to everything you wanted to know about live jazz performances in America. What was the top tune played last year? How many people attended live jazz shows? How did the set lists differ for the same ...
Legendary P-Funk Guitarist Garry Shider Dies
Legendary funk guitarist Garry Shider, whose work with Parliament and Funkadelic earned him a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was 56. Shider was known to millions of fans as “Starchild" or “Diaperman," the latter because of the loincloth he often wore onstage. Shider's son, Garrett, says his father died ...
Tickets Now on Sale for Inaugural Mizzou New Music Summer Festival to be Held July 12 -18 in Columbia, MO
COLUMBIA, MO - Tickets are now on sale for the inaugural Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, which will be held Monday, July 12 through Sunday, July 18 in Columbia, MO. The weeklong series of events will include four public concerts, culminating in the world premieres of new works written by eight international composers and performed by ...
The Latest News from the Festival
31st edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal The latest news from the Festival Montreal -- Organizers of the 31st edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal would like to inform the public of these latest changes and new additions to the program, specifically concerning cancellations, additional performances, and sold-out concerts. Geoffrey ...
Not so Lucky at Life
Saxophonist Eli “Lucky" Thompson was born on this date in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1924, and spent his formative years in Detroit. He played tenor in the swing orchestras of Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and Billy Eckstine in the mid-1940s. Thompson's main influences were Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and Don Byas. He was also the sax ...
"Benny Goodman's Boys" (Plus Molly Ryan) on July 11, 2010
The PENNSYLVANIA JAZZ SOCIETY will present their annual JAZZFEST with a TRIBUTE TO BENNY GOODMAN on Sunday, July 11, 2010, from noon to 5:30 p.m. at the Plainfield Township Fire Company Hall, 6480 Sullivan Trail, Wind Gap, PA 18091. The two bands featured that day are THE MIDIRI BROTHERS and DAN LEVINSON'S PALOMAR QUARTET. The Midiri ...
1,000 Jazz Albums You Should Hear Before You Die (641-650)
For those of you who have been following along with the list, you know that we add twenty albums each week. We are going to tweak things a bit for the remainder of the list, adding anywhere from 5 to ten albums at a time, but posting the lists a bit more frequently. Additionally, we will ...
The Internet Makes Us Smarter -- And I Love It
Some worry about the Web making us dumber or lazier, but not me. I'd be lost without it. Lately, I've been reading reports about things the Web has ruined and whether or not this or that part of the Web is making us dumber. One report targeted Google, but, thankfully, it assessed that the massive search ...
The Denise Donatelli Quartet Plays Charlie O's Jazz Club
Born in Allentown, Penn., Denise Donatelli was drenched in music from an early age. She has performed in jazz clubs and jazz festivals across the country. Her first CD, In the Company of Friends, was released in 2005 on the Jazzed Media label and her 2008 release, What Lies Within on the Savant Records label, debuted ...
Affordable Music Instruction for Youth, Lax/South Bay/West Los Angeles
For the 4th year, musician and educator, Dawn Norfleet, Ph.D., is providing Summer Music Instruction for young musicians, ages 9-19. Classes are held in Westchester, conveniently located near a major Sepulveda shopping hub (Trader Joe's, TJ Maxx), and minutes away from Culver City, Inglewood and West Los Angeles. Not only is enrollment in a summer music ...
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