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An afternoon of pleasant surprises
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
When clarinetist Bud Leeds pulls together a band for a concert, you can never be sure what you'll get, numbers-wise, but it is a guaranteed good time. Such was the case with his Friday, February 8 matinee concert for the South County Jazz Club in Venice FL. The band this day included Bob MacInnis on cornet, clarinet and trombone, Bobby van Deusen on piano, Bob Leary on rhythm banjo and guitar, Don Mopsick on bass and Dick Maley on drums. ...
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Monday Surprise: Seeing Bix
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
For many aficionados of Bix Beiderbecke the surprise is not that there is so little film of the great cornetist, but that there is any. To the left, we see a frame of film shot in 1928 for Fox Movietone News of the Whiteman orchestra recording or rehearsing a piece called “My Ohio Home.” When Beiderbecke died in 1931 at the age of 28, he had earned the admiration of his contemporary and friend Louis Armstrong and become an inspiration ...
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Surprises Abound In New As Is Release “Here’s To Life” Featuring Alan And Stacey Schulman Available February 16, 2018
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Mouthpiece Music
Here’s To Life is the newest CD by AS IS, featuring jazz guitarist ALAN SCHULMAN and jazz vocalist STACEY SCHULMAN. The CD is an eclectic mix of tunes that showcases Stacey’s versatile vocal stylings and Alan’s soulful acoustic and electric jazz guitar playing. Their debut CD, A Love Like Ours, was a duo project that hit #1 on the Amazon jazz vocal charts in its first week of distribution. This time around, they have partnered with some of the top ...
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Pandora, Smart Speakers and Other Surprises From The Infinite Dial Study
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HypeBot
For a number of years Edison Research has been conducting a study to measure media and tech consumptions in the US. The latest batch of info from the study reveals some surprising numbers regarding the use of Pandora and Smart Speakers. Guest post by Bobby Oswinski of Music 3.0 For 20 years Edison Research has been conducting its Infinite Dial study that measures media and technology consumption in the United States. As always, the latest edition has a number of interesting discoveries, but it ...
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Always a night with musical surprises
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
You never know just what's in store when the Dan Miller Quartet performs on Tuesday nights at the Roadhouse Cafe in Fort Myers FL. There are always musical surprises, and that's a good thing in this case. That's just what happened on April 17 when the Tuesday night series concluded its season-long run. (The Roadhouse will be closed on Tuesdays from now through the summer). But back to last night. Trumpeter Miller has been working steadily for several years with ...
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New Orleans on parade - and other surprises
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Singer Lisa Kelly and trumpeter JB Scott had a few surprises up their sleeves for their return performance at the Charlotte County Jazz Society on Monday, February 13. The Jacksonville-based musicians spent about one-third of their two-hour concert digging deep into music associated with New Orleans. They also.brought a larger band than anticipated and featured Scott on several vocal numbers in addition to his solid trumpet artistry. The Crescent City connection was a natural. Scott spent three years as musical ...
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Rising Saxophonist Mike Casey Releases Debut Album "The Sound Of Surprise: Live At The Side Door”
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Mike Casey
Saxophonist and composer Mike Casey is proud to announce the February 7, 2017 release of his debut album The Sound of Surprise: Live at the Side Door. Splitting his time between alto and tenor saxophone, Casey and his longtime trio present a fresh approach to the chordless saxophone trio format over the course of seven first-takes. To present The Sound of Surprise, Casey will be touring throughout Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and beyond. See tour details below. While ...
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Napster/Rhapsody Posts Surprise $1.6M Quarterly Profit
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HypeBot
Napster, the music streamer formerly known in the U.S. as Rhapsody has posted a surprising $1.6 million profit in the third quarter of 2016. Maybe there is still hope for the financial future of streaming music.... After years of losses, Napster/Rhapsody posted a $1.6 million profit in the third quarter of 2016 on record revenue of $54 million. Profits are rare for music streamers and for Napster parent company Rhapsody International comes after several month of downsizing and office consolidation. Rhapsody ...
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Pandora's First Ads Feature Surprise One-on-One Concerts by Lindsey Stirling
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HypeBot
Pandora's new #ThumbMoments campaign may be awkwardly named but it's a pretty cool effort to delight individual fans. Basically a fan hits the thumbs up like button on an artist's song and they're surprised with a FaceTime video chat and personal concert by that artist. The program kicked off with Lindsey Stirling surprising some of her fans who then had a couple of ways to participate while Stirling played so they didn't just sit there. What a great #ThumbMoment! Pandora ...
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Even More Surprises!
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AAJ Staff
Seal, Patrick Watson, Patricia Barber & Kenny Werner Duo, Emir Kusturica, Timber Timbre, Tord Gustavsen in four Invitation series concerts, as well as stage musical The Rat Pack Is Back! and the must-see Battle of the Bands with The Duke Ellington Orchestra vs The Count Basie Orchestra Tickets on sale Friday at noon. Exclusive pre-sale for Spectra Newsletter subscribers: starts tomorrow! Montreal, Tuesday, March 13, 2012—Organizers of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented by TD in collaboration with ...
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