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News: TV / Film

Audiences, and Hollywood, Flock to Smartphones

May 3, 2010

It might be hard to imagine watching The Office on a screen no bigger than a business card. But tens of thousands of people by the most conservative estimate are already doing just that. As Hollywood shrinks its films and television shows for the small screens of cellphones, its assumptions about mobile viewing are being upended ...

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News: Obituary

Rob McConnell: 1935-2010

May 3, 2010

Another significant Canadian contributor to jazz is gone. Barely more than a week after Gene Lees died comes news that Rob McConnell lost his long struggle with cancer yesterday in a Toronto hospital. A valve trombonist, arranger, composer and leader, McConnell made his Boss Brass one of the significant big bands of the latter part of ...

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News: Book / Magazine

AllAboutJazz-New York May 2010 Issue Now Available!

May 3, 2010

Lest one needs a reminder of the globalization of the world in general and music in particular, last month's eruption of a volcano under Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier was a particularly effective one. Lost in all the news reports of stranded travelers on both sides of the Atlantic were the many musicians whose tour plans were disrupted ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #165: Torben Waldorff

May 3, 2010

Guitarist Torben Waldorffs new CD is called American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare, 2010). On it, Waldorff explores improvisation that is deeply rooted in the American and British rock music he grew up with as a kid. In this interview, Waldorff talks about how he chose the title of the new record; the band and how they all ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #164: Henry Threadgill

May 3, 2010

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Henry Threadgill has always followed his own particular muse, and his new album, And This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 (Pi Recordings, 2009), is no different. In this interview, Threadgill discusses the musical language hes developed, and the demands it places on the musicians who play with him; why he constantly searches for ...

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News: Interview

The Legacy of Freddie Hubbard

May 3, 2010

The attitude pendulum towards creative artists most often swings most heavily-- as it should--to the enormity of their gifts with the passage of time for those whose careers were marked by questionable behavior. Our collective memory tends to soften towards those guilty of even the most egregious behavioral lapses after they've passed on to ancestry, and ...

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News: Video / DVD

Super Bad Sunday: Jimmy Herring

May 2, 2010

WE LOVE SHREDZILLAS! Welcome back to JamBase's new weekend triple shot that celebrates super gifted folks that play the holy heck out of their instruments for our listening pleasure. We began this new segment last week with Jeff Beck (check it out here) and continue this week with Widespread Panic lead guitarist and illustrious alumni of ...

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News: Music Industry

Column: Why Music (Really) Matters...

May 3, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor (@kbylin) When watching the series of short animation films released by Music Matters, a UK-based collective formed to “remind listeners of the significance and value of music," I'm left with the overwhelming sensation that they are missing the point. That, by trying to educate people on why music matters, in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz Music Schedule (May 1-May 8, 2010)

May 3, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates May 1st thru May 8th, 2010...Alive One, Chicago (773) 348-9800Call for updated performance informationAndy's Jazz Club11 East Hubbard St.Chicago, IL 60611312.642.6805May & JuneSundays - 5pm Jordan Baskin Trio / 9pm Andy's Jam Session

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News: Education

Clinic/Performance Submission Guidelines for 2011 JEN Conference

May 3, 2010

January 6 - 8, 2011 - New Orleans, LA All submissions should be related to the JEN mission statement in some form: advancing education, promoting performance and developing new audiences. You must be a current member of JEN in order to submit an application. Completing the JEN Online Application Form is a requirement in order to ...