To Be Continued

To Be Continued: Poetry from the Future

by Glenn Astarita
September 5, 2017

This band intensifies its artistic focus with a horde of subtleties that follow a largely, free-flowing and undulating course of action. Here, bassoonist Claire de Brunner provides the lower end of the tonal spectrum and contrasts her band-mates throughout these largely, delicate and investigative dialogues that cast a semblance of vignettes woven together. While the bassoon is an instrument that is firmly nestled in the classical music domain via its rather stoic presence, de Brunner, pianist Carol Liebowitz and reeds ...

To Be Continued (Carol Liebowitz, Claire de Brunner, Daniel Carter, and Kevin Norton): Poetry from the Future

by Roger Farbey
June 30, 2017

This leaderless improvising quartet utilises some unusual instruments on their recording. Bassoon is rarely heard outside of classical music and Claire de Brunner is an excellent exponent of the instrument. She studied jazz improvisation with Lee Konitz. She also studied with pianist Connie Crothers as did Carol Liebowitz, whose restrained yet vital contributions are nearly as essential as her listening skills, an attribute which is woefully undervalued in improvised music. All the pieces presented here are collective improvisations ...

How Spotify’s Continued Expansion Is Killing Niche Music Genres

Source: HypeBot
May 1, 2019

While the rise of streaming is, in many ways, responsible for the music industry's salvation, the vast majority of content streamed on platforms like Spotify generally tends to lean towards the pop/hip hop spectrum. As Thomas Steffens here explains could be bad news for more niche music genres like classical and jazz. Guest post by Thomas Steffens, CEO, Primephonic The rapid growth of streaming giants like Spotify, Apple and Pandora has without a doubt saved the music industry in the age ...
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Discogs Analysis Shows Continued Vinyl, Cassette Growth

Source: HypeBot
August 17, 2018

Discogs has released their 2018 Mid-Year Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights. The report emphasizes physical musical sales for both catalog and new releases, comparing them to broader industry stats from Neilson. The Discogs Mid-Year Marketplace Analysis compares data from the Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report offering a unique comparison of Nielson's B2C and online music marketplace Discogs' data, which includes C2C re-sales. Mid-Year Highlights: Nielsen Music is reporting that physical album sales are down again for 2018 (-14.6%), while Discogs’ Marketplace sales ...
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For Continued Growth, Music Streaming Needs Product & Pricing Innovation [MARK MULLIGAN]

Source: HypeBot
February 9, 2017

Issues with pricing are nothing new in the streaming economy. Although $9.99 remains something of a standard, many company's are working to ease customers in with steeper discounts, with the result of devaluing the service, and the industry is in need of a more stable pricing strategy. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog Pricing has long been an issue for streaming music subscriptions, with the $/€/£ 9.99 price point above what most people spend on music each ...
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What an Artist Really Gets Paid, Continued...

Source: Digital Music News
September 14, 2011

Every once in a while, an artist opens their books for the world to see. Like Uniform Motion, a group that just published a comprehensive breakdown of their album earnings (not revenues) across multiple formats. In most cases, the best way to compensate an artist is to buy direct, though Uniform Motion tossed a wildcard with a name-your-price download on their site. The following measures one full album play on Spotify, one LP purchase, etc. (euros translated to US dollars)... ...
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Remembering Hadley Caliman, Continued

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
September 14, 2010

We've received an amazing number of remembrances for Hadley Caliman. We've opened up another post for people to share their memories.

Click here to post your own memory of Hadley.

Click here to read other postings.

The memorial for Hadley will be Saturday, September 18 at 11:00am Seattle First Baptist Church 1111 Harvard Avenue (at Seneca) Seattle, WA 98122

A reception at Tula's Jazz Club will follow at 2:00pm

(2214 2nd Avenue ...
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Notes from the Net: A Free Miles Davis Download; a Lester Bowie Tribute; the "Death" of Jazz, Continued; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 30, 2009

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest.* Let's start with our usual helping of Miles Davis-related news - specifically, some more details about the upcoming 70-CD set reissue of all of Davis' albums on Columbia/Sony.Next up, the blog Hidden Track has a free ...
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Prez, Continued

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 29, 2009

If I had known of Ethan Iverson's conversation with Lee Konitz about Lester Young, I would have included a link to it in the previous exhibit. On his blog, Do The Math, Iverson, the pianist and polymath of The Bad Plus, posts what amounts to a Prez master class with Konitz. The alto saxophonist has been intimately familiar for more than sixty years with Young's early work, so familiar--it turns out--that as he and Iverson listened to the recordings, he ...
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Hard Bop, Continued

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 7, 2009

Response to the Rifftides post on hard bop has created a lively discussion. You can read the comments here. In addition to the Savoy CD called Hard Bop that was, more or less, the focus of the piece, the commenters mention or allude to other albums. If you're thinking of expanding the hard bop (if there is such a thing) section of your library, or starting one, here are a few worthy candidates. Other nominations will be accepted in the ...
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The Frank & Joe Show U.S. Tour Dates, Continued

Source: All About Jazz
September 27, 2004

New York City's hottest roots jazz band, The Frank & Joe Show, just completed the first leg of a U.S. tour that took them through 15 cities -- and before. Coast to West Coast on a power run across the States. September 26 / Sweet Rhythm / New York, NY October 1 / The Firefly / Ann Arbor, MI October 2 / Borders Books & Music / Ann Arbor, MI October 2 / Bowling ...
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