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 ************************ - 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 ************************ - 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 ************************ - 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. *************************** *To unsubscribe, please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with REMOVE placed in the subject line. If this email came to you by way of forwarding and you'd like to be added to our list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE placed in the subject line. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
