Entries Tagged as 'Jazz News'
The Police Announce Final Show Details of Their Reunion Tour
The Police’s final show of their reunion tour will be a public television benefit at New York’s Madison Square Garden on August 7th. The announcement came after fourteen months of a record-breaking tour, their much anticipated final concert, which will feature special guests the B-52’s.
In a groundbreaking partnership, tickets to the concert will only be […]
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2009 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship Recipients
The highest honor in American music –The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the recipients of the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Award.
The six 2009 NEA Jazz Masters are: George Benson, Jimmy Cobb, Lee Konitz, Toots Thielemans, and Snooky Young. Recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder will receive the 2009 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award […]
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Wynton to Play in Marciac Jazz Festival 2008
Wynton Marsalis to play in Marciac Jazz Festival 2008 with his Septet, Quintet and Richard Galliano at Marciac Jazz Festival.
Wynton will also give two Master Classes on August 10 and 15. A complete photo and video report of the concerts, rehearsals and master classes will be available on August.
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Reality Getting the Net in Neutrailty
“How do you think they’re going to get customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them. Now what they would like to do is use my pipes for free, but I ain’t going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return […]
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Taipei International Summer Jazz Academy in Taiwan 2008
Taipei international summer jazz academy Joining the interesting jazz-learning activities!
The summer is about to come, and the hot season of the jazz scene comes as well. This year, 2008 Taipei International Jazz season brings the well-claimed “Introduction to JazzA course of lectures” first, which comprises ten lectures to lead the music-lovers into the fruitful world […]
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Hollywood Taking Sides in Network Neutrality Debate
Studios and artists split over its effects on digital distribution.Hollywood believes the Internet is the key to its future. But its constituents are again squabbling over how to get there. As in the recent television writers strike, the major studios are at odds with some members of the creative community over digital distribution. This time […]
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Jimmy Giuffre Plays Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy Giuffre could play the tenor saxophone with a rhythm and blues raucousness that reflected his Texas origins. For a time in the 1950s, though, the low-register intimacy of his clarinet was one of the most identifiable sounds in jazz. Giuffre died last Thursday of complications from the Parkinsons disease that for years had limited […]
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