Entries Tagged as 'Jazz News'
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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The New York Blues and Jazz Society Needs Your Help!
Want to see the blues survive? The only way to keep this music going is to GET THE WORD OUT! The way to do that is to JOIN THE SOCIETY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE! We are a non-profit organization so we don’t make any money but we do get many perks and have some fun! […]
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Karsten Vogel and Robin Taylor: The Bird and Bear of Danish Fusion
Meeting two diametrically different individuals currently active on the fusion scene in Denmark only drives home the fact that a variety of paths can lead to the contemporary stage. How different are they? One adorned in biker boots and pulling on a well chewed briar pipe, the other dapper in black jacket and slacks, flitting […]
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Bassdrumbone at Firehouse 12 This Friday May 2nd
On Friday, May 2nd, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will welcome the all-star trio BassDrumBone to town for a two-set performance as part of the venue’s ongoing 2008 Spring Jazz Series. This improvised music supergroup, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007, brings together the distinctive talents and well-established rapport of bassist and Yale alumnus Mark […]
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CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Interest Soars in Alison Burns as Sky Previews the New Album "1:AM"
Recording has been completed for the highly anticipated album from Grammy Award winning guitarist Martin Taylor and rising star, Scottish singer, Alison Burns. The album, entitled 1:AM, is strongly influenced in concept by the legendary Joe Pass/Ella Fitzgerald albums of the 70s. Alison and Martin h… Continue Reading >>
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GENERAL/INDUSTRY: Jazz Impressions of Brubeck
In the 1950s and 60s the Dave Brubeck Quartet became one of the most popular jazz acts in the world–one of the reasons why the group ended up doing a State Department tour in 1958 at the height of the Cold War that took them to countries such as India, Poland, and Iraq. The music […]
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