Classical
Important Records Re-Launches Cassette Imprint Cassauna with New Tapes from Randy Gibson and Zachary James Watkins
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Will Hang Out with Nico Muhly, Talk Bach During Google Plus Hangout (Via WQXR)
Classical radio station WQXR will host a Google Hangout on air with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, who will play music of J.S. Bach and talk about the composer's music with a group of special guests, including composer Nico Muhly and writer Paul Elie, author of Reinventing Bach. UPDATE: Jazz Saxophonist Rob Vineberg Implicated in Selling Heroin that Killed Philip Seymour Hoffman
The presence of heroin in the jazz has always proved staggering. It claimed the life of greats like Charlie Parker, and now, less than great saxophonist Robert Vineberg is suspected to have sold the lethal dose of heroin that took Philip Seymour Hoffman's life.