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Beatlejazz, a group specialising in jazz interpretations of The Beatles songs, release their third album, With A Little Help From Our Friends, featuring guest appearances by John Scofield [guitar], Michael Brecker [saxophone], Randy Brecker [trumpet], and Mike Stern [guitar].
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The Bravery release their debut LP, The Bravery, in the USA.
P.Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy) visits Toronto, Canada, to launch his Sean John clothing line in Canadian stores.
Former Toad The Wet Sprocket frontman Glen Phillips releases his third solo album, Winter Pays For Summer, on Lost Highway records in the USA.
Celebrity lawyer Johnnie Cochran, who had defended cases involving P. Diddy, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and O.J.Simpson, dies as a result of a brain tumour.
Thrice release a 'career retrospective' album and DVD, If We Could Only See Us Now, on Island Def Jam Records in the USA.
The Black Crowes reunion tour plays the sixth of seven non-consecutive nights at The Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, USA.
Record producer Rick Rubin announces to Rolling Stone magazine that he is producing the next album by Neil Diamond.
A mansion owned by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails at 2425 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, is reported to have been sold for $1.8m.
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Supreme Court justices in Washington DC, USA, begin consideration of music industry proposals designed to quash file swapping, and make it clear they have little sympathy for copyright piracy via peer-to-peer networks. The court’s decision might establish ground rules for the entertainment and technology industries for many years ahead.New York City Police announce that thefts of MP-3 players, iPods etc have sparked a surge in street and subway crimes.
Will Smith releases a new album, 
Rapper C-Murder's latest attempt to have his 2003 second-degree murder conviction overturned is denied by a Louisiana, USA, state appellate court.
UK pop entrepreneur Jonathan King is released from Maidstone Prison, having served half of a seven-year sentence for sexual offences against minors.
Jamie Masada, owner of comedy camp The Laugh Factory, testifies in the Michael Jackson child molestation case in Santa Maria, California, USA. He states that he received a call from the mother of Jackson's young accuser, claiming that she and her children were being held against their will at Jackson's Neverland ranch. But under cross-examination, he reveals that he never alerted police.