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Russell Simmons Discusses New Era of Music Industry
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HypeBot
In a recent interview with Grammy U and All Def Digital, Def Jams' Russell Simmons spoke about the recent shift in the music industry - a shift he believes has taken the industry away from a royalty based formula. Simmons discussed All Def Digital, his new project with Steve Rifkind in partnership with Universal Music Group and Samsung. He highlighted the platform's matchmaking capabilities for artists to match with users, helping them to foster meaningful connections and find new ways to earn money - a formula for success that ...
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Tony Simmons 1963 - 2014
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Keyboardist Anthony “Tony" Simmons, who played with many St. Louis jazz, R&B and gospel performers over the last three decades, has died. According to messages from friends on his Facebook page, Simmons passed away on Saturday, June 7 from a heart attack. He was 50 years old. Tony Simmons (pictured) was born in Kansas City, MO and started playing the piano at the age of 5. Afflicted from birth with glaucoma, he lost his vision completely by the age of ...
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Jazz This Week: Regina Carter, a Trio of Big Bands, a Benefit for Tony Simmons, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's notable jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis include the return of the premier violinist in jazz; concerts by three different local big bands; and more. Let's go to the highlights... The violinist in question is, as you might suspect, Regina Carter, who opens a four-night engagement this evening continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Carter (pictured) was here last in 2010, touring with a band that included accordion and kora players in support of ...
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The Guy Who Hacked Gene Simmons' Website Faces 15 Years in Prison...
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Digital Music News
The memo is out: major content owners are deathly serious about enforcing their property, and they want to make examples. That may include 24-year-old Kevin Poe, who has been linked to a recent denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on GeneSimmons.com by the FBI. The Connecticut-based Poe has been charged with two federal counts of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, and penalties that could result in 15 years of prison time. For now, Poe has been released on $10,000 bond, ...
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Pianist Norman Simmons Leads WDNA FM Jazz Encounter
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JamaicaMusic Offbeat
Legendary pianist Norman Simmons leads the Jazz Encounters at WDNA 88.9 FM Jazz Gallery on Friday, January 21 and at the University of Miami Afro-Cuban Concert at UM Gusman Hall with special guest Ignacio Berroa on Thursday, February 3rd. Simmons is a consummate musician, best known for his ability to connect with jazz singers like Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, and Joe Williams. Much more than just an accompanist, he is an extremely accomplished soloist, arranger, composer and educator. WDNA 88.9 ...
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Sid Simmons, jazz pianist and mentor, dies at 63
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Michael Ricci
BACK IN THE DAY, the cats used to bop over to Ortlieb's Jazzhaus to give a listen to one of the most highly regarded jazz pianists in the city. Sid Simmons was frequently called on to accompany other musicians, but he had a style all his own, much appreciated by fans and fellow musicians. “He combined the class of Bill Evans with the soul and hard-hitting style of Oscar Peterson," a critic wrote. And along with being a fine musician ...
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Sonny Simmons - Staying on the Watch (Esp)
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Master of a Small House
Themes of urgency and vigilance embedded in the title to Sonny Simmons' ESP debut would dictate his music up through the present day. Simmons isn't one to suffer fools lightly and that intolerance for incompetence and hypocrisy cost him dearly at various times in his career. This auspicious set harkens to a stage prior to most of those setbacks when he was fronting a working group of like-minded peers and garnering praise as a member of the music's New Thing ...
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Sonny Simmons Quartet UK Tour
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Michael Ricci
U.S. sax legend Sonny Simmons is embarking on a major tour supported by Jazz Services Ltd and Arts Council England.
He will be performing with his regular U.K. quartet - Simmons (sax & cor anglais), Derek Saw (trumpet & valve trombone), John Jasnoch (guitar & oud) and Charlie Collins (drums & cajon).
They will be playing Cheltenham X-Posed Club (29 April), Sheffield Bar Abbey (2 May), London The Vortex (4), Bristol The Croft (6), Liverpool Bluecoat (7), Newcastle Bridge Hotel ...
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The Jazz Session #128: Dan Scofield on Sonny Simmons
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Michael Ricci
Saxophonist Sonny Simmons is the subject of a new documentary now in production called Just A Guy Who Knows. The filmmakers, Dan Scofield and Mike Ercolini, have so far produced a 20-minute trailer and are raising funds to finish a 45-minute short film on Simmons. The saxophonist has lived a remarkable life, moving from his days as a colleague of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins to near anonymity as a musician on the streets of San Francisco. Hes now back ...
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Gene Simmons Sounds off at Billboard Touring Conference
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Billboard Magazine
Having recently completed a 30-plus-date European tour, Kiss will “eventually when we're ready tour America," co-founder Gene Simmons said during a keynote address today (Nov. 20) at the fifth annual Billboard Touring Conference, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Referring to Kiss as the “juggernaut of all rock'n'roll brands," Simmons said the band is currently working out future tour details. “We've been talking with [manager Doc McGhee] about Europe and then doing a year-long tour maybe this coming ...
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