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News: Festival

I.H. Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Lineup Announced

May 31, 2010

The 26th Annual IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival is Best Bang for Your Blues Buck * Blues in the Blood Friday, featuring descendants of blues legends * Red, White and Blues Saturday, with free admission, fireworks and special guest performance * RiverRoad Sunday, honoring MVBS Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Hubert Sumlin DAVENPORT, ...

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News: Recording

Max Wild: New Album 'Tamba' on Obliqsound & Tour with Chiwoniso

May 31, 2010

Brooklyn, NY -- Zimbabwean saxophonist Max Wild will release Tamba on June 29, his riveting full-length debut on ObliqSound that blurs the lines between jazz, funk and Afropop. In Shona -- the predominant language spoken in Zimbabwe -- Tamba means “dance," and it's virtually impossible to be within listening distance of this music and not comply. ...

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News: Festival

Special International Body Music Festival Performance in NYC

May 31, 2010

Clap, Slap, Step and Sing: The International Body Music Festival Concert Lincoln Center, New York City August 12, 2010 From the tundra to the tropics, people can't resist the urge to snap, clap, step, holler, and sing artful music. This universal resonator-our bodies-and its myriad global sounds ignite audiences of the International Body Music Festival in ...

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News: Radio

MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: May 31 - June 6, 2010

May 31, 2010

This Monday, May 31st, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on one of the most popular and active bassists, composers and bandleaders around today, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE on the very day that marks his 38th birthday. You'll hear the story of ...

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News: Interview

Trombonist Steve Swell Interviewed at AAJ

May 31, 2010

Trombonist Steve Swell captures the energy of a big band in the close quarters of a small group. An alumnus of Buddy Rich's and Lionel Hampton's bands on the one hand, and collaborator with Anthony Braxton on the other, he seems bound to have fixed upon such a hybrid configuration at some point.But how an artist ...

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News: TV / Film

Theme Songs Integral Part of Classic Remakes

May 31, 2010

Studios capitalize on title tunes familiar to both old and young. In a year when the TV Academy nearly abolished its Emmy “main title theme" category, classic TV themes are turning out to be incredibly valuable properties -- especially when it comes to remakes. An update of “Hawaii Five-O" is coming to CBS in the fall, ...

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News: TV / Film

Top Ten Jazz Movies

May 31, 2010

The Bottom Line: This category was not as crowded as I would have liked because there are few great movies about jazz but several movies with great jazz. This is a very difficult epinion for me to write because I love jazz so much and movies about jazz are few and far between or just plain ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Christian McBride

May 31, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Christian McBride's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Christian McBrideThe finest musicians to spring from the world of jazz have clearly had an advantage when it comes to branching into other genres of music. Their mastery of composition... more Website | ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Goodman

May 30, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Goodman's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Benny GoodmanBenjamin David Goodman was born on May 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the eighth child of immigrants David Goodman and Dora Grisinsky Goodman, who left Russia to escape anti-Semitism. Benny\'s mother never ...

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News: Technology

Suicides a PR Nightmare for Apple

May 29, 2010

How Chinese Suicides Could Hurt Apple: A giant manufacturer of iPhones and other popular electronics has a bad employee problem: they're killing themselves. Western shoppers in general don't spend a lot of time thinking about the origins of their brand-name sneakers and electronic devices. But when a sweatshop controversy arises, it can mean trouble for companies ...