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Backgrounder: Sonny Stitt - Tune-Up!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Perhaps the high points of Joe Fields's Cobblestone label were a pair of albums by Sonny Stitt released in 1972—Tune-Up! and Constellation. Both were produced by Don Schlitten. On Tunre-Up!, Stitt played alto and tenor saxophone and was accompanied by Barry Harris on piano, Sam Jones on bass and Alan Dawson on drums. What made this album (and Constellation) special was Stitt's commanding speed, clean lines and bebop fluidity. I remember buying both at Sam Goody in Manhattan that year ...
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Tune in at All About Jazz for an intimate virtual home concert with Yilian Canizares & Raudol Palacios on April 26th
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Michael Ricci
Live from Baton Rouge via New York, please join us for a very special presentation of world-renounced violinist Yilian Canizares and cellist Raudol Palacios on Sunday, April 26th at 3:30pm ET from All About Jazz, Jazz Near You and Crowdcast. About Yilian Canizares Before she picks up her violin and walks onstage, Yilian Cañizares pays homage to her ancestors. Candles are lit. Prayers are said, and offerings made. Then as the houselights dim and her group of crack musicians file ...
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How to Sing A Happy Tune At Tax Time: Musician's Guide
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HypeBot
While tax season is commonly a source of dread for most Americans, working as a musician carries with it some unique tax implications, both when it comes to paying on what you earn, and in terms of what you're allowed to deduct. In this piece, we hear from some of the music industry's top tax experts on how to make the system work to your advantage. Guest post by Gil Kaufman and Dan Reifsnyder of Repost Network April 15 doesn’t ...
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Attention Jazz Lovers... tune In To KKFI 90.1 FM on Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 1pm-3pm CST
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Paul Collins Artist Management International
Tune in to KKFI 90.1 FM Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 1pm-3pm CST. Host KC will be joined by jazz impresario Paul Collins along with JMood Records International recording artist and jazz pianist Roberto Magris as they play music from Magris' latest release World Gardens. This session will prove to be a lot of fun, entertaining and engaging while covering a range of jazz topics, jazz music, jazz artists, and jazz stories. Listeners are encouraged to call in to donate, ...
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Sonny Stitt: Tune-Up!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in 1971, when I began to listen steadily to jazz, I was nuts about an album that had come out that year by Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons called You Talk That Talk. I was a freshman in high school and had taken up the tenor saxophone, an instrument that was much cooler to tote around in its case in school hallways than to stand alone in a room and practice scales. Back then, Stitt was for me. He ...
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Labels Change Their Tune, Adapt To A Music Industry Without Sales
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HypeBot
As labels slowly come to terms with the fact that this is a streaming world, where physical sales are more of lucky bonus than something to relied upon, they are beginning to rethink how their music should be marketed to increase listener engagement. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Major record labels are are finally coming to grips with the fact that we're going to be living in a streaming world where any sales are a bonus. That means ...
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Pandora Is Out Of Tune With Songwriters, Says CD Baby Founder Derek Sivers
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HypeBot
As Pandora shareholders convened their annual meeting this week, the streaming music giant’s executives predictably omitted an ongoing battle with songwriters over royalty rates in the hopes of focusing attention on the company’s recent growth. By CD Baby founder, author and entrepreneur Derek Sivers. It originally appeared on TechCrunch. But when it comes to Pandora’s relationship with songwriters, investors would be wise to dig deeper. As someone who has both worked as a professional musician and run a successful music technology business, I remain puzzled as ...
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Tune In To Newport Jazz Festival You Tube Channel For Artist Interviews & More
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Tune in to the Newport Jazz Festival You Tube Channel for Close-ups with Robert Glasper, Jon Batiste, Bill Charlap, Edmar Castañeda and Andrea Tierra, David Gilmore, Ali Amr, Rez Abbasi and Donny McCaslin NEWPORT, RI – Tune in to the Newport Jazz Festival You Tube Channel at http://bit.ly/14YDKsz to hear what some of this year’s artists have to say about jazz, their music and the festival as well as special 80th birthday greetings to Wayne Shorter. Sharing their excitement for ...
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A Jazz Tune Recorded In Heaven
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Howard E. Fischer
They Died Before 40, a new jazz film, features eight jazz artists, most of them relatively unknown. They all died before reaching the age of 40. Actually, four of the eight died before reaching the age of 30! Seven died before 1944 and one died in 1956. The greatest jazz band in history has been playing in heaven for more than 50 years! The film presents this band, organized in heaven, playing Stardust, “a tune recorded in heaven.” (They each ...
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Dexter Gordon: "Ernie's Tune"
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the late '50s, Jack Gelber wrote a play called The Connection, which dramatized the lure of narcotics and the stark perils of addiction. The play—which opened in New York at the Living Theatre on July 15, 1959—featured jazz musicians who were initially going to improvise music on stage. But when pianist Freddie Redd wrote a score, he persuaded Gelber to use it and Redd, alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, bassist Michael Mattos and drummer Larry Ritchie performed it during the ...
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