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News: Recording

Barry Cleveland Reinvents the Protest Album with All-Star Avant-Rock Lineup on "Hologramatron" (Moonjune)

April 4, 2010

New York, N.Y. 00 When Barry Cleveland isn't talking guitar with people like Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Ry Cooder, Tony Iommi, and John Frusciante, he's busy recording globally acclaimed progressive rock and world fusion music. For more than 25 years, his epic compositions and virtuoso, eclectic guitar work have been celebrated by critics and listeners alike. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Grammy Winner Bill Cunliffe is Honored and Performs His Big Band Show at Vitello's

April 4, 2010

An Evening celebrating 2010 Grammy Winner Bill Cunliffe will be presented by Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club in Studio City on Saturday April 17, 2010. There will be a pre-show reception to honor Bill Cunliffe at 7:30p.m. followed by an 8:30 p.m. Bill Cunliffe Big Band show. Bill Cunliffe and his 17 piece big band will ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Green

April 4, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Green's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Benny GreenBENNY GREEN -- piano Born in New York in 1963, Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California, and began classical piano studies at the age of seven. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist... ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Jerry Weintraub the Go-to Guy to Get Connected

April 4, 2010

Jerry Weintraub worked with Elvis and Sinatra. He headed a studio. And now he's written a memoir that's also how-to guide. “Look at me, do I look like an alter kocker?" Jerry Weintraub asks. Verily, he does not. At the moment, he looks like a guy ready to swing a golf club at a visitor for ...

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News: Obituary

John Forsythe Actor Known for TV Series 'Bachelor Father,' 'Charlie's Angels' And 'Dynasty'

April 4, 2010

John Forsythe, the suave actor with the silvery hair and mellifluous voice who was familiar to millions for his roles on the popular television series “Bachelor Father," “Charlie's Angels" and “Dynasty," died Thursday. He was 92. Forsythe, who had heart bypass surgery in 1979 and was hospitalized for colon cancer in 2006, died at his home ...

News: Technology

Twitter: A Box Office Oracle

April 4, 2010

Silicon Valley researchers say they can predict a film's opening- weekend take by monitoring tweets. Want to know how “Clash of the Titans" will fare at the box office this weekend? Check Twitter. So say two Silicon Valley researchers who claim they have discovered a way to use the popular social media service to gauge real-time ...

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News: Recording

Frank Zappa: Greasy Love Songs out 5/1

April 3, 2010

ZAPPA RECORDS TO RELEASE GREASY LOVE SONGS CD MAY 1 CELEBRATING 1968's CRUISING WITH RUBEN & THE JETS Frank Zappa Another Anniversary Frank Zappa Audio Documentary project/object celebrating Zappa's Cruising With Ruben & The Jets. The Doo Wop and Pachuco references mark this as Zappa's homage to the music and culture of his teenage ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Frank D'Rone (Part 3)

April 3, 2010

Not all singers who came up in the 1950s became Tony Bennett or Sarah Vaughan. Some were popular only in their local towns. Some lacked talent or didn't have enough charisma. Some fell in with lousy record labels or the wrong crowd. Some were short on persistence or endurance. Others just gave up and went into ...

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News: Interview

Have You Heard Linda Oh?

April 3, 2010

Like most who've heard the young Aussie bassist Linda Oh, my starting point was hearing her fresh debut recording “Entry“. Besides the fact that she just kind of materialized on the scene untethered to advance hype, the record was first of all curious because Ms. Oh took the hang-fly route and played her music with a ...

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News: Education

Free Music Business Handbook from Berklee

April 3, 2010

I've really enjoyed teaching The Future Of Music for the Berklee College Of Music's online arm this semester. I learned a great deal from my students who came from several countries and had a rainbow of perspectives and experiences.(Cell phones are much more important to music marketing and delivery than computers in many countries, for example.) ...