[paranoia] Newsletter Vol. 10, No. 3

[WorldBeat News]

World Beat News 10/26/01: 

- EMI Music Distribution is gearing up for a full slate of DVD-Audio
titles! The first three titles in the series are slated for release in
December: "Al Green -- Greatest Hits"; "Leon Russell -- Retrospective"
and "Eric Johnson -- Ah Via Musicom." In the months that follow,
other key catalog titles will also be released in the DVD format.

"The superior sound quality of DVD-Audio gives music fans an outstanding
music experience," said Jay Samit, senior vice president of New Media for
EMI Recorded Music.
http://www.emigroup.com

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 - The Jazzconnect.com 2nd Annual Jazz Competition is in full swing!
The first Internet jazz competition, where the voting is done online by
jazz fans, began in October and runs till the end of December.
To date, the competition has 40 contestants from 11 different countries
competing on-line to win a grand prize worth over $5000. Each week, new
contestants are added to the "stage".   Contestants are invited to enter
but must have their applications in by December 1st.
http://www.jazzconnect.com/competition

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 - Quincy Jones bristles at accusations he sold out when he moved from
jazz to pop music." People young and old try to minimize you by saying,
'Well, Quincy's strongest suit is that he's got a strong telephone
book,'" said Jones, who in a half-century career has played, arranged
and produced music with some of pop's biggest names.

But he has paid his dues as a jazz trumpeter and a music arranger. "Seven
hundred miles a night for years. Traveling on that band bus. Seventy gigs in
just the Carolinas ... and get stranded with a big band in Europe, and some
sucker is gonna come talk to me about sellin' out. Please! Jones relates some 
of that history in the new book "Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones." 
now available at www.amazon.com

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 - Benefit concerts raise millions for victims of terrorist attacks
        Organizers of the last weekend's three all-star benefit concerts said
they hope to raise 17 million for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks.

Already, the Concert for New York at Madison Square Garden, which featured
Paul McCartney, the Who, Billy Joel and Elton John among others, raised at
least $14 million in ticket sales. Tickets for the event ranged from $200 to
$5,000. The United We Stand concert in Washington, where the Pentagon was
attacked, raised about $3 million from ticket sales. Tickets for that event, which
featured Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, the
Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, were priced from $25 to $75.

Ticket sales figures were unavailable Monday for the Nashville charity
concert, which featured Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood and
others. Prices for that concert ranged from $25 to $1,000. The Washington
benefit concert will be aired Nov. 1 on ABC, and a phone number will
also be displayed to raise additional funds.

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