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Hey Jazzbuddies,
Don't get enough Jazz News? One of the members within our Jazzbuddies Community sent the following Jazz it Up!
notice to me and I thought I would share it with you. Enjoy!
Online Jazz News TV Show Launches!
New York, NY – To fill a gaping void in the jazz media landscape, Brownstone Digital, Inc. has launched
Jazz it Up!, an online jazz news and entertainment television program available for free to subscribers. To see the program trailer and subscribe:
http://www.jazzituptv.com/
The
bi-weekly show is co-produced and hosted by Greg Thomas, known in the
jazz community for his work with the Jazz Museum in Harlem, his jazz
writing in All About Jazz-NY, and his jazz radio specials on WBAI-NY (99.5 FM). Upcoming
shows will present features on grand masters Jon Hendricks (at
Birdland) and Grady Tate (from the Blue Note club); saxophonist Tia
Fuller (now playing in Beyonce's all-female backup group) at Sweet
Rhythm; the recent IAJE conference, with performance clips and
interviews with a range of artists including NEA Jazz Master Nancy
Wilson (and recent Grammy Award winner), trumpeter Jon Faddis and
saxophonist Donald Harrison; local Harlem organ legend Jimmy "Preacher"
Robins live at Showman's, and much more, for instance an education
segment featuring jazz education consultant Laura Johnson and Robert
O'Meally, Director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia
University.
Subscribe now at: http://www.jazzituptv.com/
Regular segments of Jazz it Up! include:
Jazz History: a glimpse at
pioneering events, places, and people in jazz.
Featured Artist(s): Q&A
session and/or live performance by established and up-and-coming artists.
Industry Buzz: a rundown of the
biggest, newest, and latest events and news in jazz.
The Jazz Cat's Meow: the newest
music technology used by jazz musicians.
Jazz Insider: a sit-down with big
wigs at jazz labels, club owners and event producers.
JazzEd: conversations with jazz
historians and professors/teachers.
Youth in Jazz: a look at what
young people are doing in the jazz genre.
Visual Reverberation: jazz
compositions as interpreted by film students and video artists.
JazzNique: the different styles
and techniques of jazz, from swinging and scatting to riffs and
improvisation, will be explained and demonstrated.
Another special aspect of Jazz it Up! is interactivity:
viewers can click within the video television screen at any time and be
transported to information about what they're seeing onscreen.
About Brownstone Digital:
As an independent interactive content production company, Brownstone
Digital produces programming that specifically targets the online
consumer market. Jazz it Up! has available video
commercial spots, segment sponsor, product placement as well as banner
spots. Placements will be seen 24 hours a day, for 7 days a week to an
email subscriber base of 600,000+. Call 212 222-3408 or email gha...@browstonedigital.com to discuss placement rates.