Too Blue Lou and The Groove | The Birth of Hip Bop

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Jazz, Jazzheads

Too Blue Lou

Lou Montelione returns to head his new group “Too Blue Lou and The Groove.” Aiming for an August release, Lou will be releasing The Birth of Hip Bop.

Hip Bop is a genre of Jazz that emerged during the early part of the millennium.  It might be described as a unique blend of groove oriented improvisation, scat vocals and rap, played over heavy beats and a traditional walking bass.  Too Blue Lou And The Groove introduced this new concept on their debut album entitled, “The Birth of Hip Bop.” – jazzheads.com

Turn Your iPhone into a Wireless Drive with Air Sharing

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Technology, Wireless

Air Sharing turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a portable hard drive, letting you drag and drop files to your device and view documents on the go. Even cooler, it works this magic wirelessly.

After installing the app, just follow the provided step-by-step instructions to mount your device as a wireless drive. Air Sharing can connect with Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Once that’s done, you can drag and drop files between device and desktop.

Air Sharing is also a document viewer. It can display iWork and Office files (including Office 2007 documents!), PDFs, images, HTML pages, and more. It can even open iPhone-formatted audio and video files. Plus, it offers amenities like optional password protection and a Public folder for “guest” access.

Wow. Killer, killer app. Air Sharing just earned a permanent home on my iPod touch. And perhaps best of all, you can grab it free of charge [iTunes Store link] for the next two weeks. After that, it’ll cost you $6.99 — still a drop in the bucket for such a great tool. – By Rick Broida/blogs.bnet.com