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News: Interview

Jamie Cullum and All That Jazz

April 13, 2010

SINGAPORE: UK singer Jamie Cullum has released five critically acclaimed albums so far and was even nominated for Best Original Song for his work on Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood's 2009 film “Grand Torino". That would be the boring way to describe Cullum (though it is all true). But who is the man behind the music? Cullum ...

News: Music Industry

Dr. Yes Will Hear You Now

April 13, 2010

Tall, white-whiskered and dressed in a tailored suit, Bruce Lundvall is sitting at his desk in the Manhattan headquarters of EMI Music. Framed platinum discs and photographs on the wall mark the pop, rock and jazz triumphs of a half-century: discovering best-selling artists like Norah Jones and Richard Marx; supporting the careers of Bruce Springsteen and ...

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News: Interview

Veteran Saxophonist Ralph Lalama Interviewed at AAJ

April 13, 2010

Ralph Lalama's rich tenor saxophone voice has been heard for years on the New York City scene, perhaps most notably with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and its predecessors, first led by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, and later by just Lewis. He's a guy who grew up when rock music was fully bursting on the American ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Grammy Winner Steve Martin Takes His Banjo on Tour

April 13, 2010

With no introduction or celebrity fanfare, Steve Martin steps onstage with the Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass band, a banjo strapped to his chest. He's not there to tell jokes, though he manages to squeeze in a few. He's there to play music -- songs from his Grammy-winning bluegrass album, “The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John Ellis

April 13, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating John Ellis' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John Ellis“It\'s hard to say those two words next to each other and not smile," says John Ellis about Puppet Mischief, the title of the saxophonist\'s latest album with his band Double-Wide, to be released ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Nancy Wilson (Part 1)

April 13, 2010

Nancy Wilson is the last great female song stylist of the 1950s and the first American female pop-soul singer of the 1960s. Though she began by performing locally in her hometown in the 1950s, her Capitol career started at the tail end of 1959, just as one era was ending and another was beginning. Throughout the ...

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News: Technology

Apple Updates Macbook Pro Line

April 13, 2010

Apple today updated the MacBook Pro line with faster processors, powerful next-generation NVIDIA graphics and even longer battery life. The popular 13-inch MacBook Pro features the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor for up to 80 percent faster graphics and a groundbreaking 10-hour built-in battery.* The new 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models feature Intel Core ...

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News: Education

Summer Jazz Sicily: 8-Day Workshop in Polizzi Generoso - Applications Due April 15, 2010

April 12, 2010

New York, NY - Summer Jazz Sicily is pleased to announce openings for our 2010 jazz workshop in Polizzi Generoso, Sicily, led by NYC jazz drummer and director of percussion at the Fieldston School, Scott Latzky. Aspiring jazz musicians of all levels are invited to join us for this intensive 8-day workshop which includes private lessons, ...

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News: Recording

Fred Hersch to Release "Whirl" on Palmetto Records

April 12, 2010

"Hersch's music--luxurious, free-flowing, unashamedly gorgeous jazz--is idiosyncratically, unmistakably a creation of his own," David Hajdu wrote in a recent, riveting New York Times Magazine profile on Hersch's music and life. The piece detailed Hersch's recovery from a harrowing, near-death health battle, placed him in the forefront of contemporary, innovative jazz artists, and chronicled his influence on ...

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News: Event

Help Cobi Narita Fight Parkinson's Disease

April 12, 2010

Cobi Narita Sponsors Concert to Benefit Parkinson's Unity Walk Sunday, April 18, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Saint Peter's Church, New York City NEW YORK, NY - Join producer and jazz aficionada Cobi Narita on Sunday, April 18, at 7:30 pm at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street in ...