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3 For The Festival, 4 To Go
The Jazz 88.3 Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival is just around the corner, September 11, 2010. The festival presentation has been revamped to include more of the cool vibe that only OB can offer. Justo Almario, Agua Dulce, and the MLK Community Choir are among the 26 bands. 21+ venues, under 12 are free, tickets here.
Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour 9/16
Our next Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour is September 16, at 5pm. This time it's bassist Kevin Cooper performing at Top of the Park in the Park Manor Suites. We'll mingle and consume responsibly until 7:30, then continue downstairs with Janice Edwards and Tommy Gannon. Admission is free, reservations aren't necessary, but it's a 21+ gig.
Donating Strategically
Remember that donating your used car, truck, boat, or RV may be tax deductible. Plus, your used vehicle donation benefits Public Jazz Radio. Call 1-888-JAZZ-CAR and find out how you can help Your Favorite Jazz Station.
Jazz88.3, Technology, and You
Check out Jazz88.3 at MySpace, Facebook , Twitter, YouTube, and the i-phone App. From there we're moving forward on augmented browsing and/or something cool with a heads up display. Stay tuned...
Commitment: The Complete Recordings 1981 - 1983
Commitment The Complete Recordings 1981--1983 No Business Records 2010 Following on from the artistic success of their splendid Muntu Box Set (2010), No Business Records has restored the only release by the ground-breaking cooperative Commitment to availability. As one of first bands to unite Asian American with African American musicians, the quartet, comprising m: Jason Kao Hwang on violin and Zen Matsuura on drums with reedman Will Connell Jr. and bassist m: William Parker, was almost unprecedented and its blending of cultures unique. What we have here is the 40-minute studio session from their lone eponymous LP supplemented by an almost 90-minute festival tape from Moers in Germany during the band’s only trip to Europe, in 1983. Ed Hazell, again, contributes extensive sleeve notes which document and explicate the context in which the original appeared at the tail end of the loft jazz era...
The Walden School
Although musicians continue to complain about lack of work, a paucity of venues, and other obstacles to their careers, jazz and other improvisational styles continue to develop because of the plethora of music schools currently dotting the American landscape. There are many artists who can recall the days when North Texas State was the only university in the nation to offer students a major in jazz and improvisational music. Today there are over 400 universities and specialty institutions offering diverse education in these genres. One of the most intriguing of the latter is the Walden School in Dublin New Hampshire...
