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Safa: Alight
by AAJ Staff
In an obvious sense, jazz is firmly rooted in tradition. For the last century, artists have passed this music down from generation to generation through aural (and other) forms of communication. And, quite appropriately, that mode of inheritance also fits the definition of folk music quite well.
Likewise, jazz musicians have long drawn upon other cultural idioms as a source of inspiration. Afro-Cuban jazz appeared in the '40s, with Brazilian styles such as bossa nova and samba not ...
read moreThe First Annual Safaricom International Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
By John Wesley Reed Jr. It is essential to say, Jazz is a universal language. Jazz virtuosos will be enthused that Kenya will present The Safaricom International Jazz Festival, their first ever Jazz Festival on February 23, 2014. The Safaricom International Jazz Festival premier event will feature international and local artists such as Richard Bona, Rhythm Junks, Yuval Cohen, The Nile Project, Aaron Rimbui, Jacob and Kavutha Asiyo, Chris Bitok, and Eddie Grey in a weeklong ...
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The Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari Blazing Through The Islands
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Reed Hadley
“Caribbean Jazz Shines Brighter” Initially conceiving the idea some twenty years ago Barbados Businessman/promoter Tom Hinds saw his vision of more than 20 years become a reality last month at the debut of the first of a series of Caribbean music festivals titled The Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari. His concept was to take a simple plan that worked for many years at his Naniki Amphitheater/Resort and expand it throughout the Caribbean islands, particularly those islands that have not hosted music ...
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Enter the "Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari - Tree of Life" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
Rumor: iTunes and Safari to Merge, Become Web App
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HypeBot
This is only a rumor, but it's an interesting one. Three Guys and a Podcast claims that Apple is planning to replace the current version of iTunes with a web-only application that is exclusive to Safari. The move would help Apple bring a large audience to their niche web browser. Apparently, this software merger has been in the works for a long time and may be announced this fall at Apple's annual iPod event. Maybe. This move would also utilize their new ...
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New Apple Safari Browser Wins Fans
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PC Magazine
t may have been buried in the deluge of iPhone and Macbook announcements during the Apple WWDC keynote earlier this week, but when Apple talked Safari 4, people listened. The company is reporting today that the browser has been downloaded more than 11 million times in the three days since launch. Perhaps most interesting is the fact that more than half of those downloads (six million) have been from Windows users. Apple's senior VP, Philip Schiller is apparently a fan, ...
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Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari Shared Vulnerability
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PC Magazine
Google's new browser, Chrome, has quite a few security-related features: Site blacklists to protect against malware and phishing A privacy mode (Incognito) to erase tracks of user activity. A thorough Clear Browsing Data dialog box. But the really innovative feature in Chrome is the way Google has built the browser's rendering engine to run in a sandbox. Each browser tab is an isolated process running with limited capabilities. This means that if a malicious application were to run, it could ...
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'Consumer Reports' Warns of Safari Risks
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PC Magazine
We have reported many times on security problems in the Apple Safari browser, both on Windows and the Mac. Not only does it have a rich history of vulnerabilities that Apple takes its time fixing, but it lacks what have come to be standard security protection features found in other browsers. Now Consumer Reports, in its Protect yourself online report (full content is available only to subscribers), is warning Mac users against complacency. As they point out, there is nothing ...
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