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New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Kenny Garrett, Take 6, Hank Jones and Gene Bertoncini, Vintage Bill Evans and Jazzmobile 45th Anniversary Celebration

September 25, 2009

New York, NY – Saxophonist Kenny Garrett and vocal group Take 6 headline as the featured artists of the latest episode of Jazz it Up! Garrett’s blistering alto sax fronts a high octane ensemble at the Iridium club, while Take 6 offers intense renditions of cuts from Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. During the second of ...

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World Premiere! The Legend of Toilet-Seat Charlie at the Mill Valley Film Festival

September 23, 2009

The Legend of Toilet-Seat Charlie will screen at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival. The short film profiles the late Charlie Deal, Mill Valley's own rock n roll dreamer and inventor of the toilet-seat guitar. Friday, October 16th, 5:00 pm Rafael Theater 1118 Fourth Street (Between A & B) San ...

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Ken Burns: What About Mingus?!

September 20, 2009

Ken Burns: Was a backlash inevitable? His familiar style of documentary filmmaking has bred some contempt on the part of his critics, who can't wait for his new opus, 'The National Parks.' The documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a story he clearly loves to tell. He was walking in New York City a few years ago ...

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PBS Documentary Latin Music USA in Time for Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15, 2009

PBS CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH A DOCUMENTARY RECOGNIZING THE LATINO CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN MUSIC The Latin Music USA Four-Part Documentary to Launch During Hispanic Heritage Month on October 12th and 19th Did you know Salsa came from New York? That the Kingsmen's “Louie Louie" is a cha cha ch? How did rap meet ...

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Spencer Day TV Performance Online

September 15, 2009

Spencer Day's appearance on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson is now online. Spencer performed his new single, “Til You Come To Me" from his new album and Concord Jazz debut, (Vagabond). Out now, the new album draws from the 'Great American Songbook' and is infused with contemporary influences from artists like Roy Orbison, Dusty ...

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Jay Leno Show: This is the Best NBC Has to Offer?

September 15, 2009

Jay Leno Show stays on familiar ground. Seinfeld and Oprah are a breath of fresh air for the comedian's new show, which feels like anything but. It's not a good sign when the Bud Light commercial is funnier than the comedy show it interrupts. Sixteen minutes into the new “The Jay Leno Show," it was difficult ...

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Union County Performing Arts Center Presents Best of the Garden State Film Festival

September 12, 2009

Union County Performing Arts Center presents BEST OF THE GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL featuring award-winning feature length documentary, Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison and award-winning short film, The Drummer. Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8PM; Tickets $15 general admission; Box Office: 732-499-8226 or online at www.ucpac.org Union County Performing Arts Center presents Best of the Garden ...

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Telluride Film Festival: Jason Reitman Returns Flying High

September 6, 2009

When director Jason Reitman brought “Juno" to the Telluride Film Festival two years ago, it was the start of something big. The comedy not only went on to become a break-out hit (domestic gross: $143.5 million) but also brought screenwriter Diablo Cody the best original screenplay Oscar. Reitman was back in the Colorado resort town Saturday ...

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Jazz Artist Tamela D'Amico Making Waves in Television with Sex Ed: The Series.

September 5, 2009

TV Guide suggests that the television pilot Sex Ed: The Series, produced and directed by multi-talented jazz artist Tamela D'Amico, should be the next hot property picked up by a cable television network. Damian Holbrook of TVGuide.com writes, “As we head into the fall, you’ll be hearing a lot of talk about the “hottest shows" of ...

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Jazz Documentary "Like in Old Glorious Times"

August 28, 2009

Johannes Ostergard and Kaspar Kaven filmed the Finnish Jazz-rock band Vinyl Jam one year ago when they recorded their Test of Wind EP in 2008. The documentary film, called Like in Old Glorious Times, is now ready. It will be screened on film festivals throughout Europe and will also air on TV in Finland on YLE/FST5 ...