Jazz it Up!, a production of BrownStone Digital, Inc., contains live performances, news, and discussions by artists playing the array of styles that make jazz. Program segments are designed to engage viewers through different angles of insight into the art form. Our editing style appeals to a younger demographic while maintaining the class mature viewers expect. This is the only online music series that incorporates: streaming interactive video; mp4 sound technology; banner and video ads; features for sharing and feedback, with a distribution model exploiting the low-cost viral nature of email. The show has been viewed by nearly 1,000,000 people in 15 countries. Any user of Apple’s iPhone can view our half-hour episodes. In fall 2008 Tivo’s Video-on-Demand service will add Jazz it Up! to the roster of shows available to its 4 million subscribers. Swing by, subscribe for free, and get the most recent episode of Jazz it Up!
About the host:
Greg Thomas has written about jazz and related cultural topics in numerous publications, including Salon.com, the Guardian Observer, American Legacy, Africana.com, Savoy, BlackAmericaWeb.com, and Callaloo, to name a few. He co-produced the Jazz Museum in Harlem's bi-weekly series, Harlem Speaks, along with Executive Director Loren Schoenberg and co-Executive Director Christian McBride. Guests have included: Hank Jones, Roy Haynes, Dr. Billy Taylor, Gloria Lynne, Melba Joyce, Johnny Colon, Bobby Sanabria, and Mercedes Ellington. Mr. Thomas also taught jazz education at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Thurgood Marshall Academy and the Frederick Douglass Academy for the Harlem Speaks Education Initiative. Along with teaching, he hosted a number of jazz radio specials on WBAI-NY (99.5FM).
Who I'd like to meet: All lovers of jazz, be it musicians or fans. This genre is for the people!
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Hey guys, it’s Joe from L&J Entertainment. If you've been longing for the tasty grooves and funky love of The Dirk Quinn Band to return to NYC, your wait is over! The boys will be heading north at the end of February to perform a set at the legendary Bitter End on Saturday, the 28th. These guys are hot off of some fantastic performances at the 8x10 in Baltimore and World Cafe' Live in Philadelphia and are firing on all cylinders. Be sure to check them out!!
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 The Bitter End 8 PM 147 Bleecker Street New York City NY 10012 Price: $10 __________________________________________________________
Pick up the self-titled debut album or the band's new "QuinnTet" CD now at CDBaby. com:
Life without FUNK is no FUN…K? So let’s have some funky fun at The Baggot Inn in Greenwich Village NYC in a couple weeks from now on Friday, April 11th!!
Show starts at 9:45; entrance fee is just $5. If you’re interested and want another reminder a day before the show, let me know.
Help me put the “FUN” in “FUNKY” this Friday, January 11th at the Baggot Inn in Greenwich Village NYC! Show starts at 9:45; entrance fee just $5. If you’re up for putting it down and want another reminder the day before the show, let me know.
First Hour
Tubbs - Missing U / Carbon
Visioneers - The World Is Yours / BBE
Middlewood Sessions - Fallback / Brownswood
Yesterday's New Quintet - Fourty Days / Stones Throw
Gerardo Frisina - Calle De Candela (Vibes Version) / Schema Promo
Gerardo Frisina - Es Diferente / Schema Promo
Janko Nilovic - Giant Locomotion / Cosmic Sounds
Rex Illusivii & Marina Perazic - Plava jutra / unreleased
Astrud Gilberto - Black Magic (Tangoterje Edit) / Supreme
Second Electronic Hour
Alex Smoke - Don'T See The Point (Henrik Schwarz Vocal Mix) / Soma
Paul Randolph - Believer Jazzanova Instrumenta / Sonar Kollektiv
Tracey Thorn - It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) / Virgin UK
Jay Shepheard - Pipes & Sneakers / Compost Black Label
Luke Vibert - Ce Porte / Rephlex
Soultourist - Lowfield High / Drummpoet
Thabo - Take Root / Drummpoet
Coldcut - Walk A Mile / Ninja Tune
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