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On October 8, the Beijing Music Festival held the successful ‘Meeting the Maestros’ event at the Waldorf Astoria Beijing – featuring a fan meeting with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. At the event, Wynton Marsalis showcased his master-level trumpet skills to the fans and engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions with fellow music enthusiasts. He spoke

Africa, colonialism, the United Nations, the 1961 assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nikita Khrushchev, Tesla, iPhones, and jazz music come together in director Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. The documentary feels like a concert with academic footnotes and references or performance

Photo Credit: Gerd AltmannThe YouTube lawsuit that originally had creators on the edge of their seats is now losing its glamor. Plaintiff Maria Schneider, a Grammy-winning jazz musician, now faces the prospect of trying a case that will do little to move the needle on Content ID.With mere days until the June 12 trial, Schneider

The elder Lee scored his son’s early films, including 1989’s Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee and his dad Bill Lee attend the 20th anniversary screening of “Do The Right Thing” at Directors Guild of America Theater on June 29, 2009 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage Bill Lee — a well-regarded jazz musician who