Robert Glasper -||- Double Booked

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African American, Fusion, Jazz, Piano

Robert Glasper - Double Booked (Blue Note Records, 2009)

Robert Glasper -||- Double Booked – [Blue Note Records, 2009]

Pianist Robert Glasper presents both sides of his musical persona with Double-Booked, his third album for Blue Note Records, which will be released on August 25. The album bridges Glasper’s parallel careers as the leader of an acclaimed jazz trio and a first-call sideman with hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Q Tip and The Roots.

Moving nimbly from the acoustic Robert Glasper Trio to the hip-hop fusion Robert Glasper Experiment, the young keyboardist puts his versatility front and center. Special guests on the album include vocalist Bilal and a cameo appearance from rapper Mos Def.

Glasper will also be touring this summer as a member of R&B singer Maxwell’s band. Maxwell kicks off his 2009 North American tour on June 17. More information about tour dates can be found here.

..:: Source: Blue Note Records ::..

James Carter | Heaven on Earth

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African American, Jazz, Saxophone

James Carter | Heaven on Earth

James Carter

Saxophonist James Carter and organist John Medeski (of the pioneering jam-band, Medeski, Martin & Wood) lead a supergroup featuring Christian McBride (bass), Adam Rogers (guitar) and Joey Baron (drums).

Together they carve out a groove that captures the buzz and vitality of jam-jazz at its most exhilarating. Recorded live at the Blue Note in New York, the group throws down the funk on Django Reinhardt’s “Diminishing,” Larry Young’s “Heaven On Earth,” Leo Parker’s “Blue Leo,” and the songbook standard, “Street Of Dreams.”

Release Date: 8/25/2009

Source: Amazon.com

Make iTunes Friendly to WMA, OGG, and FLAC Files

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Technology

iTunes

Audiophiles love FLAC files for their lossless fidelity, while Ogg and WMA files aren’t widely supported. With free plug-ins, all three of those formats can be played and managed in iTunes.

MacWorld links to and explains a number of free iTunes plug-ins, both official (Windows Media for QuickTime) and third-party, that make Windows Media Audio, freely-licensed Ogg, and FLAC files compatible with iTunes libraries on Windows or Mac. In the case of FLAC files, you’ll actually have to convert the file types from .flac to .mov, but the article explains the easy way to do that with Mac’s Automator. On Windows systems, we’d suggest the previously mentioned Bulk Rename Utility. Found another way to make Apple’s generally walled-off media manager play nice with non-native formats? Tell us how in the comments.

Source: Lifehacker.com