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  1. Around the Jazz Internet. See you Tuesday. n.pr/Lw7Wyo 4:34 PM May 25th via web
  2. The @checkoutjazz Live continues Wed., 8 p.m. ET with Henry Cole's Afrobeat Collective and Gilad Hekselman Quartet. n.pr/JRl5XR 12:13 PM May 25th via web
  3. Video of Third World Love n.pr/IXiasf and Now vs. Now n.pr/IhrwBl on The @checkoutjazz Live series. [1 of 2] 12:12 PM May 25th via web
  4. This is funny. RT @IanCareyJazz 16 Easy Ways for Jazz to Build Its Audience and Remain Relevant bit.ly/JrLk6H 7:42 AM May 25th via web
  5. Like @alternate_takes said, today's jazz artists rarely play tunes by their musical peers. An exception: Joshua Redman. n.pr/KQFsUO 7:36 AM May 25th via web
  6. Metallica's bassist is making a documentary about Jaco Pastorius. usat.ly/JAERHX 4:14 PM May 24th via web
  7. Concerts/Interviews from Library of Congress. Larry Appelbaum is behind much of this, if that means anything to ya. bit.ly/KSCv2d 2:02 PM May 24th via web
  8. The Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux plays Guest DJ with @AltLatino. Was not expecting her to spin Armenian pianist Tigran. n.pr/JZ8zV8 7:38 AM May 24th via web
  9. Kurt Ellenberger, who recently connected jazz education and (lack of) audience growth, writes: 'It can't be done ...' n.pr/KUUHbN 2:51 PM May 23rd via web
  10. What Kenny G and Wynton Marsalis have in common. bit.ly/JqX8m6 12:15 PM May 23rd via web
  11. 'On The Road' movie debuts at Cannes. "Most early reviews were negative." reut.rs/LoZtQY 10:07 AM May 23rd via web
  12. The Guardian's short guide to the work of John Zorn. bit.ly/JxErlt 8:04 AM May 23rd via web
  13. Neneh Cherry's new collaborators, Scandinavian free-jazz trio The Thing, took their name from her stepfather. bit.ly/L7G3jO 7:54 AM May 23rd via web
  14. Jenny Scheinman: "There’s always been a history of players getting ready to move to New York, which is what I did." bit.ly/JmKYL5 12:43 PM May 22nd via web
  15. On Chris Potter: "the crowd of music students ... sitting rapt as he played. ('It's always men,' he points out.)" bit.ly/JOkeaQ 10:30 AM May 22nd via web
  16. Charlie Parker's sax goes on the auction block. Expected to go for $30-35K. bit.ly/Ljwr5c 9:35 AM May 22nd via web
  17. Turns out the Nazis, who outlawed jazz, had their own propaganda dance band. bit.ly/KQDWhT 9:28 AM May 22nd via web
  18. Crashing On Couches To Talk To Musicians: A Q&A with @JasonDCrane of The Jazz Session n.pr/K5xtBY 10:15 AM May 21st via web
  19. Around The Jazz Internet: May 18, 2012 n.pr/KqHkiT 3:25 PM May 18th via web
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