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News: Performance / Tour

Upcoming Tour Dates for Bassist/Composer Michael Janisch

April 16, 2010

Bassist and Composer Michael Janisch hits the road again this month with a nationwide (UK) sextet tour promoting the release of his critically acclaimed album “Purpose Built." On these dates he has arranged his music to feature the saxophone team of Joel Frahm matched with two of England's top reedsmen: Alex Garnett and Nigel Hitchcock. The ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Baaba Maal from Senegal to Royce Hall

April 17, 2010

Musical inspiration can strike Baaba Maal in any place, at any time. It might happen on the Paris Metro, where he sometimes hears echoes of African drum beats in the rumbling of the train cars. Or he could be in his native environs, on the banks of the Senegal River, listening for hidden melodies in the ...

News: TV / Film

Music Choice Adds SWRV Interactive Music Channel

April 16, 2010

Cable and online music providers Music Choice have created a new a 24/7 interactive music network using the never.no technology suite. SWRV. tv features interactive shows that offers viewers the opportunity to submit content, vote for and rate videos, and take over an entire programming block. They can participate by sending text, photos, and video, either ...

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News: Interview

Jambase Questionnaire: Jeff Coffin

April 17, 2010

Welcome to the second installment of JamBase's new weekly feature where we put a baker's dozen of probing, wide-ranging questions to the bright lights in the jam scene and beyond in order to expose juicy tidbits about their musical minds. If you missed it, the series began last week with Rob Barraco of Dark Star Orchestra. ...

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News: Interview

Under Your Skin Interviews: Antipop Consortium & JG Thirlwell

April 17, 2010

Antipop Consortium interview JG Thirlwell / Foetus interview This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: Goran Bregovic, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - ...

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News: TV / Film

Studios Step up Futures Fight

April 17, 2010

The major movie studios may have lost their first battle over box-office futures trading, but they unveiled a powerful new weapon in response. Financial reform legislation unveiled Friday by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., contains a provision that would ban futures trading based on box-office receipts. Lincoln is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction ...

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News: Education

Eubanks to Head Jazz Program

April 17, 2010

Kevin Eubanks, who is leaving next month as bandleader on “The Tonight Show," has been named artistic director of the Jazz in the Classroom program operated by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Eubanks will work with musicians from middle and high schools in the L.A. district, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Cameron Carpenter's Organic Cool

April 17, 2010

Cameron Carpenter brings his organist showmanship to L.A.'s First Congregational Church on Sunday The player with a flair for dramatic performances and glitzy outfits gives a prelude to his Disney Hall debut next season. The pipe organ's massive physical dimensions and its potential for earthshaking sonorities make it an instrument like no other. But those who ...

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News: Festival

Folk & Jazz Fest Discount Tickets Extended Through April 30 at NVIC

April 17, 2010

SPECIALLY-PRICED TICKETS EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 30 for NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL and CAREFUSION NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL AVAILABLE at NEWPORT VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER NEW YORK, April 12, 2010 - George Wein announced today that the sale of General Admission tickets specially priced at $50 for the 2010 Newport Folk Festival (July 30 - August 1) and the CareFusion ...

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News: Award / Grant

Jazzschool Bands Repeat Wins at 2010 Next Generation Festival

April 17, 2010

The Jazzschool's Monday Night and Thursday Night Studio Bands, both under the direction of Keith Johnson, captured 1st and 3rd place respectively on Sunday, April 11, at the 6th Annual Next Generation Festival (40th Annual National High School Competition) in Monterey, California. The weekend event, devoted to the future of jazz, includes the Next Generation Festival ...