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Homelessness: Detroit Jazz Musician Brian O'Neal Tries It

January 15, 2010

By AMY LANGE for myFOXDetroit.com DETROIT, MI - With so many people without a place to call home in Haiti, we're reminded how many are homeless here at home. Many people can't imagine being in that position while others wish they weren't. However, hardly anyone would voluntarily become homeless. Yet, that's exactly what a local musician ...

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TV Review: "Sam Cooke: Crossing over" American Masters (PBS)

January 14, 2010

Maybe its because Ive read Peter Guralnicks comprehensive 2005 Sam Cooke biography Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke that the newest entry in the generally wonderful PBS series American Masters, Sam Cooke Crossing Over, which debuts on PBS tonight, seems a little bit skimpy to me. An hour simply is not enough to tell the ...

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Avatar Soundtrack Ushers in Return of New Age Music!

January 12, 2010

It used to be the stuff of the '60s and '70s. A magical mystery tour express, where rock stars and alternate religion advocates converged on the same track New Age Music. Free flowing, free form melodies inspiring introspection and what was called Universal Awareness. If you thought this trend went underground, you'd be right. But underground ...

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The Pulse of New Orleans

January 11, 2010

Larry Blumenfeld's “Cultural Conversation" with TV producer David Simon in today's Wall Street Journal is a highly recommended read. Simon, producer of HBO's acclaimed series “The Wire," is now focusing on a new jazz-tinged program that will debut on HBO in April.Tinged is not a strong enough word. Jazz is the undercurrent, and the ...

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Jazz Video Guy 2009 Year in Review

January 8, 2010

Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, looks back at the video he produced in 2009. Features: Billy Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Miles Davis, John Coltrane. Writer/Video Journalist Bret Primack has been at the forefront of new media since he co- founded Jazz Central Station in 1995. In 1997, he was the first ...

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Jazz Film "Chaography" Reaches Contest Semi-Finals, Needs Your Vote

January 7, 2010

CHAOGRAPHY: Variations on the Theme of Freedom, a new fiction film project celebrating New Yorks jazz scene, has been named a Semi-Finalist in the first annual Ultimate Filmmaker Competition (UFC) presented by Filmmakers Alliance. One of 25 entries selected from approximately 1,000 submissions, the film is slated to feature acclaimed jazz saxophonist Stacy Dillard and pianist ...

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The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi

January 3, 2010

In 1963, Vince Guaraldi and Ralph J. Gleason (co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Monterey Jazz Festival) collaborated on a film that offered a unique perspective on how Vince's classic song “Cast Your Fate To The Wind" crossed over from the jazz world to the pop charts, and influenced the next generation of American music. ...

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Correspondence: A Vince Guaraldi Film

January 3, 2010

Film producer Andrew Thomas writes with news of what perhaps everyone but Jack Berry and I knew: Like many fans of Vince Guaraldi, I make sure that Google sends me an alert every time he's mentioned in posts and blogs, so I was directed to this Rifftides page. I was surprised by your suggestion ...

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Swinging "What's My Line?"

December 26, 2009

What's My Line? appeared on TV from 1950 to 1967. For those unfamiliar with the show, the format was brilliant: Four panelists tried to guess the identity of a mystery guest by taking turns asking questions, with the guest answering merely “yes" or “no." The high point was the celebrity-guest segment, during which panelists wore blindfolds ...

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Copyright Criminals to Air Jan. 19 on PBS

December 19, 2009

Copyright Criminals, a new documentary that examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money will air on the PBS series Independent Lens January 19 (check local listings). This documentary traces ...