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Pink Floyd Sues EMI Over Digital Royalties, Unbundled Albums Authored by Mark Hefflinger London - Veteran rock band Pink Floyd has filed suit against major record label EMI over the way in which royalties have been paid to the band for digital music sold online. The band's ten-year-old contract was signed before Apple's iTunes Store existed, and stipulates that the band's albums may not be sold as individual tracks. "It#39;s a matter of fact that the defendant has been permitting individual tracks to be downloaded online and that therefore they have been allowing albums not to be sold in their original configuration," Robert Howe, Pink Floyd's attorney, said in Britain's High Court, according to BusinessWeek's coverage.
U of T Jazz Orchestras in Concert A tribute to Paul Read Featuring compositions by Paul Read performed by 10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Terry Promane 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, directed by Jim Lewis Date Wednesday, March 17, 7:30 pm Venue MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park Tickets $14, $8 seniors/students Box Office 416-978-3744 Website www.music.utoronto.ca TORONTO - The Faculty of Music's flagship jazz ensembles, the 10 O'Clock and 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestras will perform a special concert entitled "Thank you, Paul!" in honor of Paul Read, the jazz department's longtime Director of Graduate Jazz Studies who is retiring at the end of the 2009-2010 season. Led by Terry Promane and Jim Lewis, the two ensembles will perform a program of Paul Read's compositions. Jazz concerts at the Faculty of Music are sponsored by Long and McQuade Musical Instruments.
Ejazz News Weekly Muisc Sampler #2 Welcome to week #2 of the Ejazz News Weekly Musis Sampler. Week number #1 - over 10,000 downloads. Above you see the EJN Free 10 Song MP3 button. Just click on for a treat. Guitar icon Ed Bickert is featured in a classic turn on the beautiful standard 'September Song.' This is one of the last dates Bickert participated in before retiring. Pianist Don Thompson is caught in rare trio setting with a sumptous take on the popular 'Manhattan.' Some organic bebop al la Cannonball Adderley from west coast alto saxophonist Campbell Ryga. The contemporary duo of Jon & Lynn cover the pop friendly 'Never My Love.' The jazz collective - the Jazz Report All -Stars sail through the John Cheesman arrangement of John Coltrane's 'Moment's Notice'. An uptempo ride with vocalist June Garber with saxophnist Mike Murley and trumpeter William Sperandei on 'Bye, Bye' Blues and many other gems. The free downloads are courtesy either the artists or labels. Enjoy!
Oscar Peterson scholarship set at $40,000 CBC News Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson on his 80th birthday in August 2005 in Toronto. He died in December 2007. Nathan Denette/Canadian Press A new scholarship named for the late Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson will see $40,000 awarded in September to one aspiring musician entering a music program at Toronto's York University.
CULTURE DAYS PICKS UP STEAM – A Call for Participation! Français • What is Culture Days • When • Why do we need Culture Days in Ontario • Potential Culture Days Activities • Activity Registration • Who is involved in Culture Days • What will Culture Days in Ontario look like • How do groups or individuals get involved
EJN Weekly Music Sampler The first week is almost behind us and the response has be tremendous.As of this morning over 8,400 tracks have been downloaded. Drummer Terry Clarke's video interview has surpassed 400 views. The big bonus - many of the featured tracks are in play on radio stations around the world. Tonight, EJN Music Sampler #2 comes available. Just hit the EJN Free 10 song MP3 banner above and enjoy. Vintage Ed Bickert, Don Thompson trio, Jon & Lynn, the Jazz Report All-Stars - pianist Dave Restivo are just a few in the mix.
THE MUSIC OF HANCOCK AND ROBERTS FEATURING THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS, BOBBY HUTCHERSON AND THE MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO APRIL 22, 23, 24 WHO/WHAT: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis celebrates the works of two great pianists: Herbie Hancock - who has gained the highest accolades in the music industry and cast influence on many of today's musicians - and Marcus Roberts, who has been called "the genius of modern piano."
PLAYLIST: WNMC Top 10 Jazz 2.26 - 3.4, 2010 WNMC Top 10 Jazz 2.26 - 3.4, 2010 as reported to the CMJ Issue #1142 1. TIERRA NEGRA AND MURIEL ANDERSON "New World Flamenco" self-released 2. MARK WEINSTEIN "Timbasa" Jazzheads 3. ED ALSTROM "Gettin' Organ*ized" Haywire 4. CHARLIE APICELLA AND IRON CITY "Sparks" CArlo Music 5. ABSOLUTE ENSEMBLE "Absolute Zawinul" Sunnyside
Jazz Zeitgeist of the moment! JPEC’s presents Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio Saturday, March 27 @ 8pm WHAT: One of the most widely admired jazz artists of his generation, guitarist and Verve recording artist, Kurt Rosenwinkel is rightfully taking his place alongside significant contemporary figures like Pat Metheny, John Scofield, John Abercrombie and Bill Frisell. His last album, Reflections by his Standards Trio, received excellent reviews and won him a mantel full of superlatives from fellow jazz artists - tenor sax star Joshua Redman declared that Rosenwinkel ''is without question one of the greatest artists of our generation." Presented as part of JPEC’s 2010 Concert Series, Rosenwinkel will be accompanied by Eric Revis bass and Rodney Green drums in this soul-stirring performance.
National Jazz Museum in Harlem Events March 8 - 14, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 Jazz For Curious Readers Terry Teachout 7:00 – 8:30pm Location: NJMH Visitors Center 104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300 Terry Teachout is a critic, biographer, blogger, and drama critic of The Wall Street Journal, the music critic of Commentary, and the author of Sightings, a column about the arts in America that appears biweekly in the Saturday Wall Street Journal.
Somers Point Jazz Society presents Cape Bank Jazz @ the Point 2010 March 11-14, eleven great groups perform at various venues in Somers Point, New Jersey, and an all-event weekend pass, purchased in advance is only $50! Somers Point is a 2 hour drive from New York City. All venues are within 5 minutes of exit 30 on the Garden State Parkway South. Featured artists include Conrad Herwig, KJ Denhert, Barry Miles, Grant Stewart, Jim Snidero and Bob DeVos.
EjazzRadio Playlist March 2010 Do indulge yourself with an array of new music. Just and hit the play now tab EjazzRadio player right hand side and enjoy! The quality is above FM standards. Bill 1. Dafnis Prieto – Claveteo Live at Jazz Standard NYCDafnison Music 2. Lionel Loueke – Griot Mwaliko Blue Note 3. Barb Jungr – Once In A Lifetime The Men I LoveNaim 4. Kinga – This Bitter EarthIt’s Magic 7 Arts 5. Josh Mosher & Mike Lebrun – Jambo Joy Not JadedOA2 6. Jerry Bergonzi - Crop CirclesThree For All Savant 7. Tineka Postma – Song in FThe TravellerKTD 8. Tord Gustavensen Ensemble – The Child Within Restored,ReturnedECM 9. Jeremy Pelt – Backroad Men of Honor HighNote 10. Triodes – Black Disciples Chunked Modica Music
We read the morning paper for you! 4. März 2010 Nils Wülker Florian Zinnecker starts by claiming that jazz is losing its audience these days and once again, we ask ourselves where he gets this information from, then introduces the Hamburg-based trumpeter Nils Wülker, who is getting a lot of public attention these days die tageszeitung. "Are guys like him the future", Zinnecker asks and then reports about how Wülker was the first German jazz musicians to sign a contract with Sony Records in 2001, only to turn his back towards the label four years later and found his own label. Wülker is willing to think outside of stylistic boxes, says Zinnecker and insinuates that "his colleagues" are not; he is not afraid of either classical or pop. "If a record company would ask their pop department to assemble an ideal jazz musician, the result would be Wülker. Good-looking, not too smooth and not too edgy, suitable for younger audiences." Besides music, Wülker also knows about the importance of marketing, yet he knows that once you've got the people to attend a concert, it is the music that counts.
THIS WEEK AT IRIDIUM MARCH 4-7 Delfeayo Marsalis presents: 'Charlie Parker with a Twist!' Mark Gross-alto, Mark Shim-tenor, David Bryant-piano, Desron Douglas-bass and Marion Felder-drums A multiple Grammy Award winner as a producer, trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis "solos with authority, inserting musical quotes spontaneously as the mood takes him in different directions" All About Jazz. He comes from a New Orleans musical family that includes not only his older brothers Branford and Wynton, but also his father, renowned pianist Ellis Marsalis, and his younger brother, drummer Jason. The San Francisco Examiner calls him "one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation. His fluid expression and keen melodic sense are especially commendable."
The Juno Jazz Nominations are in! VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR I Like Men Carol Welsman E1 Music Quiet Nights Diana Krall Verve*Universal Haven’t We Met Emilie-Claire Barlow Empress*E1 Music Lovelight Michael Kaeshammer Alert*Universal Ranee Lee Lives Upstairs Ranee Lee Justin Time*EMI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR The Happiness Project Charles Spearin Arts & Crafts*EMI Infernal Machines Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society New Amsterdam*Naxos Motion Hilario Duran Alma*Universal Silverbirch John Roney Effendi*Select Songbook Vol. 1 Kirk MacDonald Quartet Addo Records
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Preservation Preservation Hall 01 March 2010 — by Alex Rawls By now, it should be obvious that this is not your father’s Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Under Ben Jaffe’s leadership, it has become something more post-modern and conceptual. The name’s the thing, even if the cast of players changes from session to session and track to track. It celebrates New Orleans and traditional jazz, but it does so broadly, reaching beyond the obvious canon for lesser known songs or modern songs that owe the city’s musical past a debt. The implication is that the band and the songs have something to say today, even if it takes a King Britt remix or two to make that point obvious.
Incognito "Live In London - The 30th Anniversary Concert" Incognito "Live In London - The 30th Anniversary Concert" Coming to DVD, Blu-ray, and CD on April 20, 2010 Nearly 3 hours of performance and bonus features... Recorded in High Definition! Inakustik and MVD Visual are proud to announce the DVD, Blu-ray, and CD release of Incognito "Live In London - The 30th Anniversary Concert" on April 20, 2010.
2010 Portland Jazz Festival Sells Out Seven Of Eight Featured Concerts Including Pharoah Sanders, Mingus Big Band, Luciana Souza, Dave Holland, and Three Acclaimed Groups From Norway Panel Discussions, Jazz Conversations, Middle School Educational Outreach, Late-Night Jam Sessions and Local Performances Complemented This Year's Innovative Festival Programming Devin Phillips, the young saxophonist who evacuated Hurricane Katrina with the NOLA2PDX program in 2005, took the stage at the Newmark Theater and showed the audience in his adopted hometown that he has the chops to share the stage with the legendary Pharoah Sanders, who welcomed him with open arms. At one point Phillips introduced Pharoah as "my idol". It was a fitting moment for a festival that encourages the development of young players and Portland jazz musicians.
Milton Keynes memorial for jazz star Johnny Dankworth Memorial for Sir John Dankworth A memorial service for the jazz star Sir John Dankworth is being held at the Buckinghamshire theatre which he owned with his wife Dame Cleo Laine. Sir John, known as Johnny, died at the age of 82 in February after being ill for many months. Dame Cleo announced his death at the 40th anniversary concert of The Stables, the venue they set up in their garden in Wavendon, Milton Keynes. The memorial was held at The Stables following his funeral.
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