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News: TV / Film

America Needs It Some "Treme"

April 12, 2010

"America needs it some Kermit," the New Orleans DJ and sometime musician played by Steve Zahn says, about halfway through the first episode of HBO's “Treme," which debuts tonight on the heels of much critical praise. Davis McAlary (Zahn), inspired by real-life scenester Davis Rogan, is talking ...

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News: Music Industry

The Barriers of Music Consumption: Past and Present

April 12, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor -- Edited by: Refe Tuma of Creative Destruction There was a time when songs were songs. When there were the albums that you owned and those that you did not. When there was a distinct difference between the music that you liked and the artists that you didn't care for at ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #159: Stanton Moore

April 12, 2010

Drummer and New Orleans native Stanton Moore is a busy man, whether with his bands Galactic and Garage a Trois or as a solo artist. He's just released a trio CD called Groove Alchemy (Telarc, 2010), which is also the name of the companion instructional DVD and book, all of which explore funk drumming. In this ...

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News: Interview

The Melodic Joe LaBarbera

April 12, 2010

In conversation with a casual listener who said he wanted to know more about jazz, I mentioned that the creation of melody in improvisation is not limited to what are generally considered melody instruments. I said that some drummers play melodic, even lyrical, solos. “What do you mean?" he said, clearly puzzled. I tried, rather clumsily, ...

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News: Event

The George Kahn Quintet Returns to West Los Angeles for a Free Show on April 30

April 12, 2010

Los Angeles Jazz favorite, The George Kahn Quintet, will perform at The Radisson, Culver City, with two shows on Friday PM, April 30th. The first set begins at 7:30 and the second set will start at 9:30. Featuring George Kahn on piano, he will be accompanied by all star players including, John Fumo on Trumpet, Larry ...

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News: Education

2010 Taipei International Summer Jazz Academy Welcomes Young Musicians from Asia to Join!

April 12, 2010

Taipei International Jazz Season just unveiled the performers and the faculty of the Summer Jazz Academy of its 7th season online. These 11 masters of jazz include internationally renown jazz musicians, faculty of European and American conservatories. They will gather in Taipei in late July to do a demonstrative concert and teach in our Summer Jazz ...

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News: Interview

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt Interviewed at AAJ

April 12, 2010

For the younger generation of jazz musicians, those in their thirties today, the path is not always as smooth and easy as we may think it is. Nobody likes to live in anybody's shadow. Jazz is populated with giants who left their mark and those who look up to them in order to be able to ...

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News: Recording

Deep Cuts: Jackson Browne "Here Come Those Tears Again" (1975)

April 12, 2010

By PicoRock stars whose dad jammed with Django Reinhardt when said rock star was an infant, and dated Nico not long after after high school deserve my eternal respect and admiration, but as far as I know, only Jackson Browne falls into that category. It was only years later when he begun to make ...

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News: Music Industry

Vatican Makes Peace with the Beatles

April 12, 2010

The Vatican has finally made peace with the Beatles, saying their drug use, “dissolute" lives and even the claim that the band was bigger than Jesus are all in the past -- while their music lives on. Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano paid tribute to the Fab Four in its weekend editions, with two articles and a ...

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News: TV / Film

Wall Street Touts Plans to Bet on Box Office

April 12, 2010

Think you're better than Hollywood at gauging whether an upcoming flick will be a box office bomb or a sleeper hit? You'd get a chance to put your money behind that under two proposals that movie studios are denouncing as legalized gambling. The proposals the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission are expected to rule on this ...