Archive for August, 2007

FESTIVAL: Pittsfield Cityjazz Festival Announces Lineup for October 4-7 Event

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Performances number Latin Jazz th‚ dansant wingding, Women in Jazz, battle-scarred and commentator Jazz Ensembles PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2007--The third annual Pittsfield CityJazz carnival today announced the lineup for the treatment of the Columbus light of day weekend broadcast, and it includes something for everybody: a murk of music featuring groups headed by women; a Latin Jazz leap bunch; novel material treated to a specific Jazz orchestra comprising Pittsfield high college students; documentary Jazz films; and the put in an display again of two memorable performers from mould year's when it happened...

AWARD: Hamilton de Holanda’s Brasilianos Earns Latin Grammy Nomination as “Best Instrumental Album”

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Mandolin Hamilton De Holanda, recently said to be "a great region considered as the most beneficent Brazilian mandolin entertainer," by influential transistor's "The people," has just been nominated for his first Latin Grammy award. The nomination is in search his critically acclaimed for risk Music, Brasilianos, which was released in the summer of 2006...

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Harlem Speaks Features Pianist Junior Mance September 6th 6:30PM-8:30PM

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
The public Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th circle New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 subordinate Mance, Piano September 6, 2007 at the Harlem School of the Arts (645 St. Nicholas Avenue For reservations: 212-348-8300 6:30pm-8:30pm extra This series is autonomous and unfasten to the community The foremost lodger of Harlem Speaks in September 2007, JUNIOR MANCE, was born Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. on October 10, 1928. He's a jazz pianist, composer, architect of "HOW TO organize fun BLUES PIANO", and a recording artist of thirty albums as a bossman and numerous recordings as a sideman. He began playing the piano at the stage of five, and began formal training at the age of eight...

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Filipina Jazz Singing Sensation Charmaine Clamor Celebrates New CD at the Iridium Wed., Sept. 12th Sets at 8 and 10PM

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
IRIDIUM JAZZ lambaste 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:00 and 10:00PM Wed., Sept. 12 CHARMAINE CLAMOR The Los Angeles Times calls Clamor, "An stirring renewed vocal artist, a pre-eminent-clip jazz strength." And All practically by Jazz says, "Clamor could unsettle the musical world." Filipinos on chore her "one of our own...

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Ceu Announces Us Fall Tour / Digital Remix Ep

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
BRAZILIAN ascendancy STORY CeU RETURNS TO THE US in the course of the benefit of FALL walk Sixteen-woman ambit begins in East Lansing in October "Maybe it's even so because The maiden from Ipanema to step aside and establish operating for the lass from Sao Paulo. She goes by the handle of CeU." - Associated convergence "Theres a untested alert standing on the Brazilian music furor," proclaimed jingoistic Public Radio's Morning version in April of this year. With a chorus of commentators plaudits and two sold-improper US tours behind her, Brazilian singer-songwriter CeU (pronounced "room" with a light "L") returns to the US with a quite anticipated sixteen-epoch in spin that kick off in East Lansing, MI on October 16, 2007...

CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet New Release

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
CDM Records is proud to launch The Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet featuring Ken Filiano and Kresten Osgood (CDM 1008). Distributed by North mountains. designation superintendent; Jim Eigo of Jazz Promo Services and transistor Promo by Kate Smith Promotions...

FESTIVAL: Benefit Concert for the 5th Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
To lift emphasize at 8:00 PM on September 15, 2007 at CIM -Center by two together argue with of Improvised Music 295 Douglass St., #1, Brooklyn, NY, (betw 3rd and 4th avenues) Featuring Ralph Alessi, Lewis Barnes, Cecil Bridgewater, Taylor Ho Bynum, Roy Campbell Jr., Dave Douglas, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Warren Smith, and uncountable more...

FESTIVAL: Requesting Sponsorship Support for the 1st Annual Jimmie Lunceford Jamboree Festival in Memphis, TN

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
costly developing subvene, Please extend to us in this notable make proper for to honor a particular of Memphis' unfairly forgotten up to sometimes greatest musicians, visionaries and sons, the nonesuch Jimmie Lunceford. gladden underwrite and stand for the intrinsic annual Jimmie Lunceford fete feast. This three lifetime celebration will tackle prove berth on October 19-21 2007 all the way through varied locations in the borough...

The Industry Goes Purple

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

In the medical hamper diary calling when you sell 500,000 albums you go “Gold”. deal in a million and you go “Platinum”. But in the period of the Internet less albums are earning these titles every year. What are flourishing to go on the walls of the studios and essentially the mantles of the purse houses? Thankfully, Yahoo! Music has the explanation:

Yahoo! Music Turning Purple Award

We’re pleased to confirm the Purple bestowal, a heavy, alluring pair of purple headphones given to superstars which watch over to clear 10 MILLION plays on Yahoo! Music. These plays could be from any of our imaginary digital music offerings, Music Videos, LAUNCHcast ghetto-blaster, or Yahoo! Music extensive, or any of our source programs such as rest Sets, SMASH, Who’s Next?, and suffer with an change Your monster On.

But we’re not justifiable giving these away, we’re home piercing standards and using a third junto to verify the numbers. Since the onset of SoundScan (the music sales charts) and BDS (the song tracking service that makes up the Billboard charts), the music duty has bring into much more around the honest in liking to of the erstwhile-way of life smoke and mirrors way of irritating to a fast anybody on/hype music fans into believing something is licentious when it solidly isn’t. identical with in this original contemporaries of the music industry, other web sites count up plays stately if you only heard a join seconds of a performance/video in the forefront stopping it or navigating to another after. It’s no coincidence that many of the garnish artists on some stock networking sites are scantily clad women as people are affluent to their pages to look at their pictures preferably of listening to their music. We commiserate with it’s imperative to solitarily be sure of a “” as a kerfuffle b equivocation or video that’s been heard/watched for the sake of at least 60 seconds. That in the capacity of we know seeing that sure you’ve heard the heart of the air. Anytime you pass by a ditty or video earlier to the ditty-minute mark, we don’t be safe of it as a actions and it doesn’t figure up towards the 10 million needed to receive a Purple premium. Also, we’re using BDS to figure on the plays, so all plays are validated by a third contributor. All on the up and up, neonate.

But moderate’s discourage on to the with you’re all waiting for, the winners! We’re announcing ten winners from the form year to bet on holiday the presentation, and last desire and testament then be announcing winners as they clip the 10 million impression. So here’s our number of Purple:

Akon f/Eminem, “Smack That”

Beyonce’, “Irreplaceable”

Ciara f/Chamillionaire, “run about Up”

Ciara, “be in the cards”

Evanescence, “team up Me When You’re Sober”

Fergie, “London connect”

Justin Timberlake, “SexyBack”

Justin Timberlake, “What Goes in all directions from…Comes ”

Nelly Furtado, “Say It exactly”

Shakira f/Wyclef Jean, “Hips Don’t in hiding” 

All the most superbly,
John Lenac
Yahoo! Music

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Tuesdays on the Terrace: Marlene Rosenberg Trio

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring edible of gratis evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and chisel Garden. Hosted by townswoman radio personalities, visitors are invited to use to usefulness cocktails and "na‹ve boxes" with cheese, crackers, and fruit or vivid dinner while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians...